Enrique the black

"Who was the man they called Enrique the Black? Taken from his family, and forced into slavery during the Portuguese invasion of Malacca in 1511, the Malay boy rechristened as Enrique must quickly to adapt to a new religion, and to the strange new lands of Portugal and Spain. A decade later his...

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Main Author: Danny Jalil (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore Penguin Books 2021
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