β Scribed by Dahme, Joanne
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In a land overshadowed by death, fifteen year-old Nellβs uncanny resemblance to Princess Joan brings her to act as her doubleβwhat young girl wouldnβt want to leave a life of poverty and pretend to be a princess? But when the plague catches up to the royal entourage, thwarting the Kingβs plan for the princess to marry the Prince of Castile and seal an alliance between their kingdoms, Nellβs life could change forever. Princess Joanβs brother The Black Prince schemes to make the wedding go on declaring Nell will no longer double for Joan, she will become the princess and dupe Prince Pedro into marriage! With the aid and protection of a quirky band of friendsβa Spanish minstrel, a monk, a gravedigger, a band of merchantsβNell must evade not only the Black Prince, a practitioner of the dark arts, but the plague as well, as she fights to return to the King and country. Based on historical truth, Dahme beautifully captures the dark terror of...
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