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Hybrid Program: Vanessa Riley, author of Queen of Exiles
August 21, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Historical Author Vanessa Riley is back! Please join us for this hybrid program either from the comfort of home or at the library on our big screen! The Island Queen author has based another book on the life of an extraordinary Black woman from history: Haiti’s Queen Marie-Louise Coidavid (the widow of Henry I), who escaped a coup in Haiti to set up her own royal court in Italy during the Regency era, where she became a popular member of royal European society.…Learn More
Hybrid Program: Vanessa Riley, author of Queen of Exiles