Queen of Exiles historical fiction All the while

All the while

From Julian Bond’s humiliating and racist ouster from the Georgia state legislature because of his antiwar statements to Ronald Reagan’s election as California governor riding a “white backlash” vote against Black Power and urban unrest

When he was just a boy

but now the dark skinned beauty is a dedicated member of Michigan's Underground railroad

Queen of Exiles historical fiction All the while*Ships in 7 10 Business Days* The Queen of Exiles is Marie Louise Christophe, wife and then widow of Henry I, who ruled over the newly liberated Kingdom of Hayti in the wake of the brutal Haitian Revolution. In 1810 Louise is crowned queen as her husband begins his reign over the first and only free Black nation in the Western Hemisphere. But despite their newfound freedom, Haitians still struggle under mountains of debt to France and indifference