The Secret of the Cigar Queen: A Historical Novel From Cuba - Paperback

by Ana Galana (Author)

Cuba 1867: Will a young cigar maker find her roots and love, or will the revolution destroy her dreams?

In 1867, 16-year-old Anna leaves her hometown of Bremen in search of her father and joins a ship bound for the New World. Disguised as a sailor,

the young cigar maker lands in Cuba, where she is taken in by the owner of a cigar manufactory, Hoffmann.

There she meets former slave Luca. The two fall passionately in love, but insurmountable gulfs separate their worlds. Will there be a future when the struggles of the First Cuban Revolution drive them even further apart?