Queen of Exiles historical fiction Morgan Jerkins (This Will Be

Morgan Jerkins (This Will Be My Undoing)

not least in reinforcing this country’s enduring structural racism

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

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

to her time spent at the world’s most famous address

Queen of Exiles historical fiction Morgan Jerkins (This Will Be*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