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Then there is the antagonist (The Shadow) who we do not find out the name of until much later in the story. The three main settings are Lizzie’s house (a café) where there are many visitors and it is warm, snug and usually busy. Williams studied English Literature at Cambridge University before becoming a primary school teacher.
The book also centres around the themes and rights of Africans and how the laws of equality were being fought. Thrillingly redolent of eighteenth-century London, the first book in a gripping new mystery series inspired by real Black British figures revolves around sinister onstage goings-on at the Drury Lane theatre. I think that this is important to say that some of the subjects in the book are for older readers and that younger readers would not understand many of the words. Set in eighteenth-century London, with all the fun and zest of Hamilton and inspired by real Black British historical. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.I can’t be the only one who’s been yearning for something to fill the Murder Most Unladylike/Sinclair Mysteries hole in my reading heart since those series came to an end, so I know I won’t be the only one latching. I have been a blogger for a few years now and I love to be able to read and review books for you all to look at. We would recommend using the book Black and British: An Illustrated History by David Olusoga alongside this text.
A thrilling middle grade mystery series set in Eighteenth-Century London, with all the fun and zest of Hamilton, and inspired by real Black British historical figures. But that still left me wondering what else was there for a pre teen or teen after we aged out of American girls . The fact that you can see the hooded figure in the background made me desperate to find out who it was and what part they played in the story.The support and passion within the Black community (and Lizzie’s own family) is brilliantly depicted, shot through as it is with sadness about their brothers and sisters who are still in slavery. I am currently editing my first YA novel which I hope to be able to share with you all in the future.