{"product_id":"dark-princess-9781515468523","title":"Dark Princess","description":"\u003cp\u003eA forbidden love story. A political awakening. A revolutionary vision that still burns bright a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDark Princess\u003c\/em\u003e, W. E. B. Du Bois-one of America's greatest thinkers-blends romance, race, and revolution into a sweeping story that spans continents and ideologies.\u003c\/strong\u003e Written during the height of the Harlem Renaissance, this bold and visionary novel explores what it means to love freely and live fearlessly in a world divided by color, class, and empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Matthew Towns, a brilliant young Black American doctor, is denied his medical license because of racism, he flees to Europe-and into the arms of Princess Kautilya, a radiant Indian royal devoted to ending colonial rule. Their passionate affair becomes more than love-it becomes a political partnership, uniting the oppressed of every nation in a shared dream of freedom. Together they challenge the old world order, daring to imagine a new one born of justice, equality, and human dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth sensual and intellectual, \u003cem\u003eDark Princess\u003c\/em\u003e is a romantic and revolutionary masterpiece, a work of Afro-diasporic literature that confronts racism, imperialism, and the boundaries of desire. Blending philosophy, politics, and forbidden love, Du Bois creates one of the earliest and most powerful portrayals of Pan-Africanism in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRediscovered today, this groundbreaking novel stands beside the works of James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Toni Morrison as a cornerstone of African American literary history-and a call to hope and resistance that still feels urgent and alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1515468526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781515468523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rediscovered Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"WR Book House","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47580168519935,"sku":"9781515468523","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b27273c-514d-434a-b5bf-49104e47f754.jpg?v=1763879222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-princess-9781515468523","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}