Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How An Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend

Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is the author and editor of several books, including Carrington; Black London (a New York Times notable book); Black Victorians, Black Victoriana; Frances Hodgson Burnett; and others. She is the Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor in Biography at Dartmouth College, where she also chairs the English Department, the first African-American woman to do so in the Ivy League. She has won grants from Fulbright and the National Endowment for Humanities and hosts The Book Show, a nationally syndicated weekly radio program that airs on ninety stations across the country, interviewing current authors of literary fiction, biography, and history.

“A moving. . .portrait of a striving family.” - New York Times Book Review
“[Mr. & Mrs. Prince] tells more than just a personal story it sheds light on a piece of early American history not often discussed.” - USA Today
“Moving, thorough, and intelligent. A rare blend of scholarship and compelling narrative.” - Toni Morrison