The Fourth Queen A Novel

Fleeing poverty in Scotland, Helen sets sail for Boston to build a new life, but en route, her ship is attacked by pirates from Africa's Barbary Coast and she is shipped to the slave markets of Tangiers, where she attracts the attention of Morocco's emperor, who offers her the position of his fourth queen, a station of great honor but also incalculable danger. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.