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Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

At her majesty's request : an African princess in Victorian England / Walter Dean Myers. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic., 1999. - xii, 146 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143).

Biography of the African princess saved from execution and taken to England where Queen Victoria oversaw her upbringing and where she lived for a time before marrying an African missionary.





ISBN: 0590486705

LCCN: 98007217

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bonetta, Sarah Forbes, b. 1843? --Juvenile literature.
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 --Friends and associates--Juvenile literature.
Bonetta, Sarah Forbes, b. 1843?
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 --Friends and associates.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Missionaries' spouses--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Africa, West
Africans--History--Juvenile literature.--Great Britain--19th century
Princesses--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Nigeria--Oyo State
Nigerians--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Great Britain
Princesses.
Women--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--Juvenile literature.--19th century
Great Britain--Court and courtiers.

LC Class. No.: DA 565.F67 / .M94 1999