"Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life." Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man - any rich man, no matter how awful. Can a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her own actually lose the battle against an ill-mannered, piglike lord and an unimaginative, greedy toad of a father? Deus! Not if Catherine has anything to say about it!
Reviews
"Fourteen-year-old Catherine's diary of the year 1290 is a revealing, amusing, and sometimes horrifying view both of [her] thoughts and of life in the Middle Ages?. The vivid picture of medieval life presents a seemingly eye-witness view of a culture remote from contemporary beliefs. Fascinating and thought-provoking."-- "H.""A feminist far ahead of her time, [Catherine] is both believable and lovable.? Superb historical fiction."-- "SLJ."
