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    Two Queens and a Chronicler is an atypical historical novel inspired by the lives of Romania's queens, Elisabeta (1843-1916) and Marie (1875-1938). Written entirely as a dialogue between three women-the two queens and their chronicler, a contemporary Romanian-born American writer-the novel enacts a conversation between the past and the present during which the queens reflect on events both from ... Read more

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  • The Darkroom

    Translated by Alta Ifland, Eireene Nealand ...
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