W.E.B Du Bois wrote five historical novels in his time, and Dark Princess his most known and of the five. The story was written to express the beauty of colored people around the world. Du Buis wrote this story as a fictional one because he couldn't figure out how to accurately write it non-fictionally. When the novel was first puplished it was not well liked by many people because they felt it was a failed attempt at social reaism and that it wasn't an honest piece of work. Du Bois really wanted to express the pure beauty of African Americans and was personally very pleased with his work.
