# Queen Crucha — Penguin Island character guide

> Queen Crucha in Penguin Island by Anatole France.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Queen Crucha Terrible disorders, Crucha

**First appearance:** 0028-iii-queen-crucha

## Who they are

A queen in the medieval period, wife of Draco the Great.

## In the story

### [Queen Crucha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/iii-queen-crucha)

Depicted as beautiful, learned, but passionate; she has physical oddities (horns, mismatched eyes, bent neck, six fingers) and takes a young groom as her lover and army commander.

### [Letters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/iv-letters)

Her soldiers defend the monastery of Beargarden against the Penguin barbarians and later retreat, sealing the Porpoises inside.

## Links

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