Novel written by
English writer Aphra Behn (1640-1689). It is also known under the title
The Royal Slave. First
published in
1688, it is the most popular peice of
fiction from this woman, who was the first woman in
England to make a career
writing for the theatre and writing novels.
This particlar story is set in Surinam, and is about a black man who begins his life as a prince, and ends it as a slave.