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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Stevenson makes a daring leap from 17th-century Europe to the present in this strong final volume of her trilogy (The Winter Queen; The Shadow King), framing the tumultuous past with a surprisingly passionate tale of modern academic scholarship. Historical research shakes off all mustiness as the investigations of Michael Foxwist, a young don at Oxford, lead him to an amazing discovery: a secret marriage between Elizabeth of Bohemia and a former African prince named Pelagius. This is the story told in Stevenson's previous two volumes, and it takes a surprising turn when Michael comes to the conclusion that the descendant of this union would be the rightful monarch of England. Even more shockingly, the true queen turns out to be a young black scientist living in Barbados named Melpomene Palaeologue. On an impetuous trip to Barbados to meet Melita, as she is known, Michael finds she captures more than his intellectual curiosity. Solid historical knowledge enlivened by restrained but genuine emotion render this dense novel of ideas an unexpected page-turner.
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From Booklist
*Starred Review* This sophisticated novel has the feel of years of planning--not because it is overdone but because it is intricate, vastly knowledgeable, and well thought out. It is the concluding volume of a trilogy that reimagines the life of Elizabeth of Bohemia, sister of England's Charles I and a lively figure in seventeenth-century politics; it follows The Winter Queen (2002) and The Shadow King (2003) and brings Stevenson's interpretation of the queen's life and lasting effect up to the present day. The trilogy's two previous volumes wondered what would have happened if Elizabeth of Bohemia had married--a second time, and clandestinely--a black African prince and former slave. And now, in her infinite creativity, the author unleashes a group of scholars to unearth and interpret a trove of documents establishing the veracity of that long-ago situation and thus the precedence of an alternative family line of claimants to the British throne. So, who is the rightful monarch of Britain--the current occupant, Queen Elizabeth II, or a black scientist in Barbados? As much about competition in academe as about alternate versions of history, this novel is reminiscent in its learned tone of the works of A. S. Byatt. Brad Hooper
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Stevenson makes a daring leap from 17th-century Europe to the present in this strong final volume of her trilogy (The Winter Queen; The Shadow King), framing the tumultuous past with a surprisingly passionate tale of modern academic scholarship. Historical research shakes off all mustiness as the investigations of Michael Foxwist, a young don at Oxford, lead him to an amazing discovery: a secret marriage between Elizabeth of Bohemia and a former African prince named Pelagius. This is the story told in Stevenson's previous two volumes, and it takes a surprising turn when Michael comes to the conclusion that the descendant of this union would be the rightful monarch of England. Even more shockingly, the true queen turns out to be a young black scientist living in Barbados named Melpomene Palaeologue. On an impetuous trip to Barbados to meet Melita, as she is known, Michael finds she captures more than his intellectual curiosity. Solid historical knowledge enlivened by restrained but genuine emotion render this dense novel of ideas an unexpected page-turner.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
*Starred Review* This sophisticated novel has the feel of years of planning--not because it is overdone but because it is intricate, vastly knowledgeable, and well thought out. It is the concluding volume of a trilogy that reimagines the life of Elizabeth of Bohemia, sister of England's Charles I and a lively figure in seventeenth-century politics; it follows The Winter Queen (2002) and The Shadow King (2003) and brings Stevenson's interpretation of the queen's life and lasting effect up to the present day. The trilogy's two previous volumes wondered what would have happened if Elizabeth of Bohemia had married--a second time, and clandestinely--a black African prince and former slave. And now, in her infinite creativity, the author unleashes a group of scholars to unearth and interpret a trove of documents establishing the veracity of that long-ago situation and thus the precedence of an alternative family line of claimants to the British throne. So, who is the rightful monarch of Britain--the current occupant, Queen Elizabeth II, or a black scientist in Barbados? As much about competition in academe as about alternate versions of history, this novel is reminiscent in its learned tone of the works of A. S. Byatt. Brad Hooper
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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