A novel inspired by the remarkable life of Queen Victoria's African Goddaughter. A princess enslaved becomes goddaughter to a queen. By the time she was seven years old, Aina had been born into life as an Egbado princess, witnessed the brutal killing of her entire family, and been enslaved to a rival chieftain. With a death sentence hanging over her head, she would also face being bartered as an exotic trophy, renamed and presented to the distant Queen Victoria as a 'gift'. From these traumatic beginnings, Sarah Forbes Bonetta's will to survive led her to negotiate Her Majesty's court, friends in high places and to flourish in a world far removed from her rural African upbringing. From West Africa to Windsor Castle, The Other Princess is a vivid imagining of the life of Queen Victoria's Black goddaughter, shining a light on a woman searching for home, love and identity. 'An impeccably researched telling of the life of Sarah Forbes Bonetta. Written with energy, compassion, and candor, The Other Princess depicts the horrors of war and slavery, the pain of separation from one's family and country, and the saving graces of friendship of spirit and personal resilience that Bonetta exemplified in real life.

An essential and entrancing work of historical fiction.' - Natalie Jenner, bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society.