Jane Stevenson

During the 1640s two royal exiles meet in the Netherlands. Elizabeth of Bohemia, daughter of James 1, and Pelagius, once heir to a Yoruba kingdom and now a freed slave, fall in love and marry secretly. Seventeenth century political intrigue and prejudice works against them!

Balthasarvan Overmeer is the son of a secret marriage between Elizabeth of Bohemia and an exiled African prince. He studies medicine in Holland and plays a part in colonial society of Barbados. As he grows older he is forced to explore his strange heritage, both black and white. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.