A New York Times Editor's ChoiceAn 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. Jane Stevenson vividly renders both a portrait of an extraordinary relationship and a tumultuous political history.
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A New York Times Editor's ChoiceAn 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. Jane Stevenson vividly renders both a portrait of an extraordinary relationship and a tumultuous political history.
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