Unlucky Star

Unlucky StarIs the story of Hawaii'slast princess, Victoria Lunalilo Kaiulani. She died at theage of 23, many say of a broken heart. In a letter to an English count one ofher many suitors, she said, "I must have been born under an unlucky star, as Iseem to have my life planned out for me in suck a way that I can not alter it."This historical novel was set inmotion almost 20 years ago when I saw a painting of this amazing woman at anOceanside bookstore in Hawaii. Research took me to rare book libraries to minemore than 200 books, Pamphlets and translations from all over the world. Thehaunting quality that drew me to try to imagine and uncover the truth of Kaiulani's life will draw readers of "Memoirs of a Geisha"and "Cold Mountain"to engage with this fascinating period of American history. From thedevastating effects of worldwide imperialism in the 1870s-1890s to the tragicperspective of a gentile island people caught up in an explosive struggle forjustice, Unlucky Star recalls a magical time of great turmoil. And tells of thecruel devastation of the native Hawiians, in lessthan 100 years they when from 4 million to only 40,000