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WINTER QUEEN Pb - 2003
by STEVENSON,JANE
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
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).
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Details
- Title WINTER QUEEN
- Author STEVENSON,JANE
- Binding pb
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Fair
- Pages 308
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, Boston
- Date 2003-11-03
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9780618382675.u2
- ISBN 9780618382675 / 0618382674
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.21 x 5.48 x 0.83 in (20.85 x 13.92 x 2.11 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Biographical fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002032803
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
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).