Entrancing historical fiction from the author of "The Barefoot Girl." "At the side of a great king, she would discover a greatness of her own..." In the eighth century, a woman with a mind of her own rarely found more than scorn and abuse. Such is l...
San Severino, Italy, 1340.
Fifteen-year-old Margharita is toiling in her family's meager field when a handsome gentleman rides in with a proposal of marriage. After only a few words with her father,Master Domenico Vasari tears Margharita awa...