Queen of the Sea

<b>Cult graphic novelist Dylan Meconis offers a rich reimagining of history in this beautifully detailed hybrid novel loosely based on the exile of Queen Elizabeth I by her sister Queen Mary.</b><br><br>When her sister seizes the throne Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom where the nuns of the convent spend their days peacefully praying sewing and gardening. But the island is also home to Margaret a mysterious young orphan girl whose life is upturned when the cold regal stranger arrives. As Margaret grows closer to Eleanor she grapples with the revelation of the island&#146;s sinister true purpose as well as the truth of her own past. When Eleanor&#146;s life is threatened Margaret is faced with a perilous choice between helping Eleanor and protecting herself. In a hybrid novel of fictionalized history Dylan Meconis paints Margaret&#146;s world in soft greens grays and reds transporting readers to a quiet windswept island at the heart of a treasonous royal plot.