Contemporary Literature & Fiction Two Queens and a Chronicler

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 their era and our time, politics, the two great wars, love, art, beauty, life, death, and other royals, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. One of them originally from Germany and the other from Great Britain, a granddaughter to Queen Victoria, the two queens share something with their chronicler: they are immigrant female writers. Their ongoing conversation offers the bits and pieces of a fascinating puzzle.