description: New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century: a potent mix of whites, Creoles, free blacks, and African slaves, a city pulsing with crowds, commerce, and an undercurrent of secret power. The source of this power is the voodoo religion, and its queen is Marie Laveau, the notorious voodooienne, worshipped and feared by blacks and whites alike.
title: Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau
titlecomplete: Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau
genres: Fiction, Historical, Religion, Magical Realism, Witches, Horror, Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, African American
ratings_count: 1158
places: Louisiana
series: The Marie Laveau Mystery
publisher: Recorded Books