The Netherlands,the 1640s.Two royal exiles meet-Elizabeth of Bohemia,daughter of James I of England,and Omolojou/Pelagius,once heir to the Yoruba kingdom of Oyo but now a freed slave with shamanic powers.They fall in love and clandestinely marry.Secretly,Elizabeth gives birth to a son,Balthasar Stuart,whom both of them see as a new hope for the future.
As ever with Jane Stevenson's work,Astraea appeals to the head as well as the herrt.An utterly intrigue,it is also an immensely moving account of a strange,magical love affair.
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Jane Stevenson is the author of Several Deceptions,a collection of novellas,and a,London Bridege.Jane Stevenson teaches in the University of Aberdeen. |
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