In 1622, a woman walked into the hall of an enemy governor. There was one chair in the room, and it was not for her.
Nzinga was an envoy, a regent, a refugee and a queen. Over forty years she fought the Portuguese, allied with the Dutch, lost her kingdom and built another. She was never captured.
The Queen Who Never Knelt is a gripping true story of power, betrayal and survival. It also asks why a legend about a chair has lasted nearly four hundred years.
Inside, you'll find:
The famous chair scene, and the historians who doubt it
A brother's mysterious death and the accusation that followed
The alliance that nearly toppled Portuguese Angola
The sources, the legends and the arguments over what really happened
Grab your copy today and meet the queen who refused to be small.