In the Palace of Flowers by Victoria Princewill
In the Persian royal court, even death is a privilege. At the funeral of a Persian nobleman, Jamila watches the mourning rites and understands something she has always known but never quite named: her own death will pass unremarked, her life unacknowledged. An Abyssinian slave in the royal court of Iran's Qajar dynasty in the late nineteenth century, Jamila has learned to survive. But survival is not enough. Driven by the fear of being forgotten, she and Abimelech, a fellow Abyssinian slave and eunuch, begin to navigate the treacherous politics of the court, from the deadly intrigues of the harem to the radicals gathering beyond the palace walls. Atmospheric, richly imagined and deeply human, In the Palace of Flowers is a historical novel about what it means to seek meaning and recognition in a world that refuses to see you.
Victoria Princewill FRSA is a historical novelist whose work seeks to write intelligent, overlooked African women back into history. Born in the UK in 1990, she studied literature and philosophy at Oxford and UCL, and is currently pursuing a degree in neuroscience. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, London Review of Books and BBC News. She lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781911115755 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911115758 |
| Title | In the Palace of Flowers |
| Author | Victoria Princewill |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cassava Republic Press |
| Year published | 2021-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
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