The Winter Queen (Record no. 20125)
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fixed length control field | 00974nam a2200157 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780618382675 |
024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
Standard number or code | 53934549 |
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
Classification number | PR6069.T4535 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 823.92 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Jane Stevenson |
245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The Winter Queen |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Mariner Books |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 336 pages |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | 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). |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Lost | Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | TP STEV | 39387 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |