<p><b>This beautiful hardback gift book is a stunning visual journey through Black British history for younger readers </b><b>by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga and illustrated by Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor. </b><br><br>The essential starting place for anyone who wants to learn about Black British History. David Olusoga’s thought provoking text charts the forgotten histories of Black people in Britain from Roman times right through to the present day. From Roman Africans guarding Hadrian’s Wall, to an African trumpeter in the court of Henry the Eighth, Black Georgians fighting for the abolition of slavery, Black soldiers fighting for Britain in the First World War, Windrush and right up today. These are the stories that brought us all together in this country.<br><br>When did Africans first come to Britain?<br><br>Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings?<b
