num_pages: 336
description: 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).
language: English
title: The Winter Queen
titlecomplete: The Winter Queen (Astraea, #1)
characters: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
genres: 17th Century, Historical, Historical Fiction, Holland, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 198
series: Astraea
publisher: Harper Perennial