Island queen : a novel / Vanessa Riley.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: 575 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780063002845
- 0063002841
- 813/.6Â 23
- PS3618.I533Â I85 2021
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Fort Scott Public Library Adult Fiction | Fort Scott Public Library | Adult Books | F Rile (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35326000520898 | ||
Book | Mound City Library New | Mound City Library | Adult Books | F Riley (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35332000209631 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-575).
"A former slave rises above the harsh realities of being owned and colonialism on Montserrat working hard to buy freedom for herself, her mother, and her sister and becoming an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Based on the true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas"--
Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Dorothy bought her freedom, and that of her sister and her mother, from her Irish planter father. Rising above the harsh realities of slavery and colonialism, she built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Leveraging the competing attentions of the men in her, life, Doll answered to no one but herself as she rose to rose to power and autonomy against all odds. -- adapted from jacket
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