Anna Kirwan best-selling author of THE ROYAL DIARIES: VICTORIA MAY BLOSSOM OF BRITANNIA offers a riveting look at Mayan culture A.D. 749 through the eyes of Princess Green Jay Lady of Palenque. A political marriage is arranged between the thirty-three-year-old king of Xukpip and Princess Green Jay the thirteen-year-old daughter of the king of Lakamha. The two are paired because of similar horoscopes -- and Green Jay possesses skills that will be valuable to her husband-to-be: She can read and write. Author Anna Kirwan relates fascinating aspects of ancient Mayan culture as she shares the young princesss physical and emotional state from the betrothal with its distressing rituals through her arduous journey to a foreign land and people and a husband who is a complete stranger.
