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Grade 5-7-Cecile and her father live in a peasant village in France in the early 1700s. Out in the forest one day, she rescues a noble woman who was injured in a fall from her horse. The woman, known as Madame, is the sister-in-law of King Louis XIV and rewards Cecile with a position at... read more
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“Madame stepped forward from the crowd. Knowing that I was in her service, I took a step in her direction but was stopped short. Francoise held me by the elbow. "Wait!" she whispered in my ear. "The first thing to learn, Cecile, is that every single event, every single movement at court, comes with a set of rules. It's called etiquette. Many a position has been lost for not knowing who goes first."...”
First Sentence edit
I was alone in the forest near Rileaux, my village, when the earth trembled beneath my feet.
Table of Contents edit
1. Runaway Horse
2. An Unexpected Reward
3. A Warning
4. The Palace
5. Madame's Dogs
6. Disaster
7. Doctor Fagon
8. Endless Etiquette
9. A Season of Rain
10. The Letter
11. Doctor Revel, My Father
12. The Coming Ball
13. Royal Sled Race
14. The Grand Ball
15. Marly
16. Nightfall at Versailles
17. Rumors of Poison
18. No Safe Place
19. When Sparrows Fall
20. Sleeping Child
21. Beyond Gilded Gates
Then and Now
Glossary of French Words
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Girls of Many Lands. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mary Casanova (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pleasant Co Pubns
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 1584855185
Page Count: 194
Publisher: Pleasant Co Pubns
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 1584855185
Page Count: 194
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