PICKED FOR THE TIMES BIGGEST BOOKS FOR AUTUMN 2022''An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Told with dazzling energy and brilliant panache. Hugely recommended.'' STEPHEN FRY''Phenomenal! Highly recommended'' MALORIE BLACKMAN, author of Noughts and Crosses''Not to be missed'' GuardianMEET CHARLES IGNATIUS SANCHO: HIS EXTRAORDINARY STORY, HIDDEN FOR THREE HUNDRED YEARS, IS ABOUT TO BE TOLDDISCOVER GEORGIAN LONDON AS YOU''VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE . . . I had little right to live, born on a slave ship where my parents both died. But I survived, and indeed, you might say I did more...It''s 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man, especially one who has escaped slaveryAfter the twinkling lights in the Fleet Street coffee shops are blown out and the great houses have closed their doors for the night, Sancho is utterly alone. The man he hoped would help is dying. Sancho is desperate.And yet this same Sancho will go on to tread the board