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<p><p>In The Shadow King, Jane Stevenson illuminates the world of the intriguing Balthasar Stuart, the secret biracial child born of the illicit love between a queen of Bohemia and an exiled African prince. A gifted young doctor in the late seventeenth century, Balthasar struggles with very contemporary issues of identity, brought into play by his difficult heritage. Driven out of Holland by the plague, he makes his way first to the raffish, cynical world of Restoration London, where he encounters Aphra Behn, the English spy and sometimes playwright. He leaves to seek prosperity in colonial Barbados, a society marked by slavery and savage racism. Utterly absorbing and deeply perceptive, The Shadow King brings the past radiantly to life in people's habits of speech, their food and fashions, and their medical practices.<p></p><h3>The New York Times</h3><p>Stevenson has immersed herself in the literature of the period, and one can sense the heady zest with which she details Balthasar's medical treatments or spins off a line of dialogue. There are also vivid descriptions of a post-plague, post-fire London, where ''the burned corpses of buildings'' dominate the skyline. &#151; <i>Michae

Author

Stevenson, Jane, 1959-

Publisher

Boston : Houghton Mifflin

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780618485369

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History