being a wholly truthful account of her various discoveries and misadventures, recounted to the best of her recollection, in four parts
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
2008
Princess Benevolence discovers an enchanted room while locked in the castle's highest tower by the conniving Queen Sophia and begins learning the magical arts, which may help her save her kingdom from a mortal threat.
Alianne must call forth her mother's courage and her father's wit in order to survive on the Copper Isles in a royal court rife with political intrigue and murderous conspiracy.
Discusses the role of clothing in medieval life, explaining what types of clothes were worn and what styles of dress revealed about wealth and social class.
Text and illustrations trace the history of castles and their role in medieval life. Discusses how and why they were built, life inside and outside the castle walls, their uses in war and peace, and their eventual decline.
In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.
