PRINCESS SARAH: QUEEN VICTORIA'S AFRICAN GODDAUGHTER is based on the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a West African princess rescued by a British Naval officer from a beheading on the order of an infamous king waging war on her tribe. He brought her to London—"free", but as a "gift" for young Queen Victoria, and became the queen's goddaughter to the consternation of Victoria's eldest son—the Prince of Wales who plotted against her. Indeed the "mother"/daughter relationship between Queen Victoria and Princess Sarah was a well kept secret for years until Victoria's diaries revealed it. Nonetheless, Sarah lived in Buckingham Palace, was educated and dressed as an aristocrat, as well as came to influence the sovereign all while finding love.

 

Written by historical fiction fan favorite author,  Tina Andrews, the award-winning author and TV/film writer of projects, such as Warner Bros.' Why Do Fools Fall In Love starring Halle Berry, and the CBS hit limited series, Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (and the companion Malibu Press book). Andrews has already adapted Princess Sarah: Queen Victoria's African Goddaughter to a feature script.