A review by aish_dols
In the Palace of Flowers by Victoria Princewill

3.0

It is in the late 1800s in Iran. Jamila and Abimelech, are Abyssinian (Ethiopian) slaves in the Qajar Royal Court. The novel opens with a burial of a nobleman and Jamila gets an epiphany here, that she does not want to live a worthless life only to die forgotten. This drives her rebellion to make something more out of her life. However she is careless and things in the court aren't that smooth. Juggling between slave and an undefined concubine for Prince Nosrat, she yearns for more. Abimelech, her genuine friend and confidant is an eunuch for the Prince until he ascends to the Shah's accidental adviser. His mental acuity in politics and life, in general, is loathed by most men in power for he is a mere slave. Abimelech will make more enemies and misfortune will befall him. Jamila and Abimelech would come to know that the life of a slave mostly attracts suffering and forgetfulness.

Victoria Princewill birthed a brilliant piece of art with In The Palace Of