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Cécile: Gates of Gold

by Mary Casanova · 2002

Girls of Many Lands series

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Twelve-year-old Cecile Revel is given a change to leave her peasant life and serve at King Louis XIV's court. She finds life within the palace gates is not as full of ease and elegance as she had imagined. Faced with a test of conscience, Cecile shows that behaving in a noble matter has little to do with one's place at birth.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisroyaltyroyaltyMore like thisLess of this
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FranceFranceMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 191 pages

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