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Roderick Brunt | 3 comments * Title - Mulatto Queen: England's Black Queen
* Author's name - Gary Lloyd
* ISBN (or ASIN)- B00422LLS2
* Publisher - Gary Lloyd, Inc
* Publication date - September 5, 2010
* Format - ebook
* Description - History reveals two curious details about Queen Charlotte consort to George III: first, her official coronation portrait shows a woman with distinct mulatto features; second, the Royal Physician to her granddaughter, Queen Victoria, wrote about her in his memoir: “She had a true mulatto face.”

But if Queen Charlotte was a mulatto, how did this happen?

Mulatto Queen answers this question. Along the way we meet Voltaire, Samuel Johnson, Czar Peter the Great, Liebniz; and finally, the mysterious African long-rumored to be Queen Charlotte's biological father.

No stodgy historical drama, Mulatto Queen is a hypnotic, breakneck romp through King George III’s England. Think: The Da Vinci Code meets Roots …

The characters are heroic, cowardly, desperately funny, disturbingly neurotic. What with their wedding-cake high wigs, rampant alcoholism, bloodlust for public executions, addiction to snuff, penchant for gluttony, the appearance of a 17-year old mulatto girl and King George’s instant attraction to her caused a scandal – and a cover-up! – that persists to this day.
* Link to cover - http://www.goodreads.com/photo/group/...

Thank you,
Van Brunt


message 2: by lafon حمزة (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments You mean this book? I'll add the rest of the details to it though.


message 3: by Roderick (new)

Roderick Brunt | 3 comments Hello,
Yes, thank you! I couldn't find it earlier.
Have a splendid day,
Van Brunt


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