The Color Of Victoria's Buckingham

During the start of the Victorian Era in 1837, this engaging novel follows Noah Collins, a black Baron who serves at the young Queen of England's court. More than just an outspoken and egalitarian lord-in-waiting, he is the queen's closest and dearest friend. Through his personal diaries and dialogue, the story takes an inside look into an alternative history of the life of Queen Victoria.

The life of a 17-year-old young black boy poses its own obvious troubles in the 19th century as various people at court are eager to find a reason to throw young Noah out. During the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, she is bombarded with domineering men eager to match her with a husband, however, in this alternate history, she doesn't marry Prince Albert. Instead, she's persuaded by Noah to marry the mixed Duke, Nicholas Harings.