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A moving historical novel. Free Haiti's former queen, Marie-Louise Christophe, escapes a coup and flees to London, then to Italy where she becomes a popular member of royal Europea n society. Riley deftly weaves her novel through known history. The newspaper clippings in the novel are authentic. Author's Note, Bibliography, Cast of Characters. William Morrow. An Imprint of HarperCollins. 2023. Paper. NEW. $17.00 Show more