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An immensely moving account of a strange and magical interracial love affair, The Winter Queen illuminates the Netherlands of the seventeenth century. Amid the dark ambiance of the time, the exiled Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia and Pelagius, a West African prince and former slave, fall in love and secretly marry. With great erudition and compassion, Jane Stevenson vividly renders both a portrait of an extraordinary relationship and a tumultuous political history. Set against a historical backdrop enriched with the art, philosophy, and religion of the Dutch Golden Age, "scene succeeds scene in Vermeer-like richness of color" (Memphis Commercial Appeal).

Book details

• Full title: The Winter Queen
• Author: Jane Stevenson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308
• EAN: 9780618382675
• ISBN: 0618382674
• ID: 11444335
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Weight: 327 g
• Dimensions: 209 × 139 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: November 2003

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