Friendship, betrayal,
and the dawn of Flamenco ...
1748, Seville. Caridad used to be a plantation slave in her home country of Cuba. Now she has escaped to Spain for a better life, and still pines for her young son she left behind. In the dark streets of the city, she meets Milagros, a fiery gypsy, and the two become firm friends. Both Caridad and Milagros suffer persecution, but the gypsy people refuse to be defeated. When Milagros introduces Caridad to her exotic life on the edge of society, her life is changed for ever...
Set against a colourful background of tobacco smuggling, music and dance, The Barefoot Queen is a rip-roaring historical adventure of friendship, betrayal and identity.