Three Queens

By Rebecca Connolly

Abigail Adams, Queen Charlotte, and Marie Antoinette--three women form an unlikely sisterhood, navigating revolutions, royal pressures, and personal losses as they shape their own legacies.

After the end of the American Revolutionary War, Abigail Adams crosses the Atlantic to reunite with her husband, John, after five long years apart. But she is unprepared for the glittering courts of England and France that are so different from her experience in the newly established United States. Undeterred, Abigail sets her sights on befriending the queens of Europe, believing their support is key to her nation's future.

In England, Queen Charlotte carries the weight of an empire on her shoulders. Her husband, King George III, battles a private madness, while political tensions rise and her eldest son schemes for power. Charlotte struggles to maintain order and propriety--while clinging to the solace she finds in her correspondence with her friend Marie Antoinette in France.

Revolution has gripped France, and Marie Antoinette must watch as her world crumbles. Vilified by the public and neglected by a king who refuses to see the storm coming, she faces growing unrest with dwindling allies. As tragedy strikes her family, she reaches out to her friends--Charlotte and Abigail--in a last attempt to find a path forward, possibly even escape.

The paths of these three women cross in unexpected ways in public, in private, and through letters. They forge a quiet sisterhood across borders and upheaval, each one facing love and loss, sweetness and strife, revolution and regrets.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639934545
• ISBN13: 9781639934546
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Shadow Mountain
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Interesting book about 3 remarkable women & their great friendship

This book is set right after the Revolutionary War, which begins with Abigail Adams leaving America, and going to join her husband, John Adams, who is in England, the very that was defeated in the war. Abigail is not thrilled about leaving America, but so desires to be reconciled with her husband whom she loves deeply, and hopes her bonds with the other queens of Europe will make the move bearable! In France, Queen Marie Antoinette finds herself in the midst of the French Revolution, which despises her, and wants her out!  During this hard time, she corresponds with her dear friend and queen of England, Queen Charlotte, and also Abigail Adams, whose friendships become a life line in the midst of utter chaos and danger in France. As queen, Queen Charlotte is bearing a heavy load as she rules beside her husband King George in the years right after the war with America, and also dealing with her difficult relationship with her son, the prince regent. The friendship she has formed with Marie and Abigail give her the strength she needs to keep moving forward. Before I read this book, I was very limited in my knowledge of these three ladies, and their friendship, and really enjoyed learning about them!  I give this book 4 stars, and would recommend it. It was a good book, and very interesting!