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ISBN: 0882893327

ISBN13: 9780882893327

The Voodoo Queen: A Novel (Pelican Pouch Series)

Name: The Voodoo Queen
Item: The Voodoo Queen: A Novel (Pelican Pouch Series)
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By Robert Tallant

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Book Overview

Witch? Sorceress? Daughter of Satan? Thief? Saint? Born in 1794, Marie Laveau reigned as the undisputed Queen of the Voodoos for nearly a century. Her beauty and powers were legendary, and caused her to be the subject of wild gossip throughout her life. She passed on her secrets to a favorite daughter, who helped her dominate the underworld of voodoo in New Orleans. "It is an absorbing tale, and the emotional undertones, the conflicts in her human relations, the overwhelming loneliness of her position, all come through the story of a strange life." Kirkus Reviews "The author creates a vivid, haunting atmosphere, which (like Marie's arts) holds the reader in spell. . . . an intriguing novel that is competently mounted and exceedingly well executed." New York Times

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0882893327

ISBN13:9780882893327

Release Date:March 1984

Publisher:Pelican Publishing Company

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.53 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 4.3" x 7.0"

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Rated 5 stars
The Voodoo Queen

By Thriftbooks.com User, April 6, 2009

Marie Laveau was the greatest American witch and Voodoo Queen there ever was. I admire and love her so much, that I have written several action-packed, fictional, stories about her in my book titled, "Adult Bedtime Stories." Robert Tallants book titled, "The Voodoo Queen," More accurately tells her life story and escapades in old, New Orleans. I Simply Make here into an action heroine. Both books are worth reading. I give...

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Rated 5 stars
The Best Book on New Orleans and Laveau

By Thriftbooks.com User, August 16, 2003

This book is absolutely the most interesting and fascinating story I have ever read concerning the subjects of New Orleans History and Marie Laveau. Tallant is the genius of taking the facts that have been gathered on both subjects and combining them into a novel that you cannot and will not put down. It is a page turner from start to finish. I am currently reading the book for the third time, and I am not a big reader...

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Rated 5 stars
excellent (partly fictional) account of Marie Laveau!

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 30, 2000

Tallant's story about Marie Laveau and her daughter is built upon the research he discloses in his Voodoo in New Orleans book. He transforms these facts and legends about the two women into an excellent, spellbinding novel.

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