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“I want to mention a very important lesson that I have learned. Some people have their blessings early in life, and others get them later. Mine came later; I was 55 when I became king. I think God wanted me to have the maturity, vision, and leadership to be a good ruler. Perhaps your greatest blessings, too, will come later. Sometimes strange twists of Fate give you your heart’s desire long after you have given up hope. Much to my sorrow, I was never able to have my own children. Now I have 7,000 of them.” - King Peggy

King Peggy is the charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa.    View the entire gallery at our new Knopf-Doubleday Pinterest board.