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The Winter Queen

Author:

Jane Stevenson

Genre:

novel

Year of publication:

2001

Rating:

Description:

Elizabeth of Bohemia, nicknamed the Winter Queen, starts an affair with an African prince that can only be consumed in secret.
An exquisite sketch of political intrigues in Europe; about money, trade, power, ideals, and religious and family disputes.

Trivia:

Also published as Astraea.
This story finds its sequel in the novel The Pretender, set in London and on the Isle of Barbados.

Time

1634 - 1642

Spotlight

A special love

Locations

The Hague The Black Tulip, The Seventh Square