Island queen : a novel / Vanessa Riley.

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Riley, Vanessa

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, 2021.Edition: Large print edDescription: 868 p. (large print) : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:

9780063090255 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

Summary: A remarkable, sweeping historical novel based on the incredible true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas. Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Monserrat, Doll bought her freedom--and that of her sister and her mother--from her Irish planter father and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter that extended from the marketplaces and sugar plantations of Dominica and Barbados to a glittering luxury hotel in Demerara on the South American continent.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult LP Fiction	West Grey Ayton Branch Shelves	Fiction	LP FIC RIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003205771

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A remarkable, sweeping historical novel based on the incredible true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas. Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Monserrat, Doll bought her freedom--and that of her sister and her mother--from her Irish planter father and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter that extended from the marketplaces and sugar plantations of Dominica and Barbados to a glittering luxury hotel in Demerara on the South American continent.

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