Crown & Chronicle: Romania’s Royal Women Reimagined
Fri 24 Oct
|Wembley Library
Join us for the launch of Alta Ifland's "Two Queens and a Chronicler" and meet Romania's Queens like you've never seen them!
Time & Location
24 Oct 2025, 18:30 – 20:30
Wembley Library, 32 Engineers Way, Wembley Park, Wembley HA9 8TS, UK
About the event
The Romanian Cultural Institute in London is delighted to invite you to a compelling literary evening at Wembley Library, marking the London launch of Two Queens and a Chronicler, the latest novel by accomplished Romanian-American writer Alta Ifland.
The evening will feature a discussion with the author and will include live readings from the book and an interactive Q&A. Don't miss this rare chance to meet an innovative voice in contemporary literature and discover a story where history, imagination, and identity meet!
An imaginative and daring historical novel, Two Queens and a Chronicler is inspired by the lives of Romania’s queens, Elisabeta (1843-1916) - Elisabeth of Wied, known in literary circles as Carmen Sylva - and Marie (1875-1938) - granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Written entirely as a dialogue between three women - the two queens and their chronicler, the author herself - the novel enacts a conversation between the past and the present, during which the…