Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

There is distressingly little black prose of consequence to be found in the English canon before the 20th century. Mary Seacole stands out as a gloriously entertaining exception, a Caribbean witness to the black experience in the Victorian age who deserves to be much better knownRobert McCrum, ‘The 100 best nonfiction books’, Guardian

Traveller, entrepreneur, healer and woman of colour, Mary Seacole is a singular and fascinating figureJan Marsh, Independent