Cult graphic novelist Dylan Meconis offers a rich reimagining of
history in this beautifully detailed hybrid novel loosely based on the
exile of Queen Elizabeth I by her sister, Queen Mary.
When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished
to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the
convent spend their days peacefully praying, sewing, and gardening. But
the island is also home to Margaret, a mysterious young orphan girl
whose life is upturned when the cold, regal stranger arrives. As
Margaret grows closer to Eleanor, she grapples with the revelation of
the island's sinister true purpose as well as the truth of her own past.
When Eleanor's life is threatened, Margaret is faced with a perilous
choice between helping Eleanor and protecting herself. In a hybrid novel
of fictionalized history, Dylan Meconis paints Margaret's world in soft
greens, grays, and reds, transporting readers to a quiet, windswept
island at the heart of a treasonous royal plot.