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Yeseni and the Daughter of Peace
- Author
- Solange Burrell
- Narrator
- Maria Gbeleyi
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 February 2024
- Run Time
- 8 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical fiction
What to expect
But as she begins to understand her role in the peace negotiations, even greater pressures emerge. Elewa discovers that she has Yeseni, a powerful gift that allows her to see events from any point in time, and to travel into the past and future.
When she experiences horrific visions of life aboard a slave ship, she realises she has to face the ultimate crossroads. She could use her gift to intervene in the past and try to prevent the transatlantic slave trade ever taking place. But that means she, as the Daughter of Peace, would be leaving her village behind at a precarious moment in the reconciliation process.
Whichever path she chooses to take, the future of her people lies on her shoulders.
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- Author
- Solange Burrell
- Narrator
- Maria Gbeleyi
- Duration
- 8 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 February 2024
- ISBN
- 9781004151325
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fiction
Synopsis
The year is 1748. Elewa, known as ‘the Daughter of Peace', bears a heavy responsibility on her young shoulders: to maintain the fragile truce between the warring peoples of her West African kingdom.But as she begins to understand her role in the peace negotiations, even greater pressures emerge. Elewa discovers that she has Yeseni, a powerful gift that allows her to see events from any point in time, and to travel into the past and future.When she experiences horrific visions of life aboard a slave ship, she realises she has to face the ultimate crossroads. She could use her gift to intervene in the past and try to prevent the transatlantic slave trade ever taking place. But that means she, as the Daughter of Peace, would be leaving her village behind at a precarious moment in the reconciliation process.Whichever path she chooses to take, the future of her people lies on her shoulders.
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