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Title: Cecile: Gates of Gold (Girls of Many Lands) by Mary Casanova, Jean-Paul Tibbles ISBN: 1-58485-518-5 Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: On a scale from 1 to 10, I choose 12!
Comment: Before you press the NO button on the bottom of this review saying that it is not helpful, please read my review because it is OK. This book is so horribly horible it is wonderful. The book begins at 12 year old Cecile Revel's poor village. She finds a woman (the king's sister in-law to be correct) who is injured and has her father help the lady. The lady then lets Cecile come with her, leaving her life as a peasant to be a servant of dogs at the kings palace. And of course even a servant to dogs at a palace is better than being a peasant in a shack. So then she goes to a life at court and recieves word that her father has died. So then she's all depressed and then she starts to fall for Phillipe, a boy her age that often escorts her around. Then she is accused of killing royalty, and then more royalty, and then again, another member of the royal family. She learns of her father's devestating past. She is not allowed to go to the Royal Christmas Ball. (What a shame that was, I was looking forward to her going with Phillipe) She is sent away to a boarding school at the end of the story. About all of the main characters die. It is a book that is so horrible, but, in a funny way, it is good. I would recommend it to all GIRLS aged 11 to 14.
Rating: 5
Summary: Tres Bien!
Comment: I originally picked this up because it was by the same publisher as the American Girls Series (I am a huge fan of the Josephine and the Felicity books), along with Spring Pearl. I dove into this book, to say the least. The story is about the daughter of a widowed French man, named Cecile. One day while out in the woodlands, a royal entourage passes by and a woman losses her course and finds Cecile. As it turns out, she is the Duchesse de Orleans from the Versailles Court. Madame as she known as around Versailles adopts Cecile and takes her to the frivolous court where Cecile is introduced to the royal family and the grandeur of France. The stories of the Versailles intrigues w/ Cecile are wonderful. They are very detailed, very amusing, very entertaining, and full of hidden morals. Although some of the scenes were unecessary, the story overall was a grand treat. The best scene I think was perhaps the Christmas ball, as entertaining and scandalous as it was. The story ends in tragedy, with the death of one of the little dauphins. Cecile is banished because she helped keep the other dauphin from his family, therefore putting him in danger (but really saving him). Cecile is sent to a girls' school, and forever leaves behind Versailles behind the gates of gold.
This story was great, the best in the series I'd say. Great details, development, characters, and enough to capture your mind. Although, I may be overating this book, as I am obsessed with the French courts of Versailles, Marie Antoinette, and all French royalty, I am sure everyone who tries this book will enjoy it. And of course, since I am one of the biggest fans of the Royal Diaries out there, I have to add that Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles, would be an excellent book to read alongside Cecile.
Bon travail Mary Casanova!
Rating: 5
Summary: Mary Casanova has done it again!
Comment: This awesme book is a perfect example of love and kindness. In this book Cecile,a 13 year old girl and also a commoner, goes to live in court after she saves Madame from when she fell off her horse, and in return she is invited to stay in the palace. While shes there she learns he way of a proper lady. And meets wonderful new people! I recomend this book to anyone who loves adventure!
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Title: Isabel: Taking Wing (Girls of Many Lands) by Annie Dalton, Mark Elliott ISBN: 1584855177 Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Kathleen: The Celtic Knot (Girls of Many Lands) by Siobhan Parkinson, Troy Howell ISBN: 158485748X Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Spring Pearl: The Last Flower (Girls of Many Lands) by Laurence Yep, Kazuhiko Sano ISBN: 1584855193 Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Neela: Victory Song (Girls of Many Lands) by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Troy Howell ISBN: 1584855215 Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway (Girls of Many Lands) by Kirkpatrick Hill, Patrick Faricy ISBN: 1584855207 Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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