The American Queen (Miller Vanessa)(Paperback)

A WOMAN EVOLVE BOOK CLUB PICK | A NORTH CAROLINA READS PICK | A Christy Award WINNER | A 2024 American Fiction Award WINNER | A 2025 Audie Awards WINNER | Best Historical Fiction of 2024 (She Reads) | FEATURED IN GMA, WASHINGTON POST, AND ESSENCE | There is only one known queen who truly ruled a kingdom on American soil. Meet the queen of Happy Land in this riveting novel from USA TODAY bestselling author Vanessa Miller."This powerful story must be told and retold." --GMA 15 New Books to Read (Good Morning America)"A hidden gem in American history." --Publishers Weekly"This marvel of a novel transported me." --Sadeqa Johnson, NYT bestselling author"A story [about] . . . the indomitable spirit of a woman." --Lisa Wingate #1 NYT bestselling author"Inspirational and unforgettable." --Kim Michele Richardson, NYT bestselling author"A triumph." --Adriana Trigiani, bestselling authorTransformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865 - 1889 and shares the unsung history of a Black woman who built a kingdom in Appalachia as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life.Over the twenty-four years she was enslaved on the Montgomery Plantation, Louella learned to feel one thing: hate. Hate for the man who sold her mother. Hate for the overseer who left her daddy to hang from a noose. Hate so powerful there's no room in her heart for love, not even for the honorable Reverend William, whom she
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