Summary:
Eleven-year-old Isabelle is a lacemaker in the town of Versailles. One day as she delivers lace to the palace, she is almost trampled by a crowd of courtiers -- only to be rescued by Marie Antoinette. Before Isabelle can believe it, she has a new job -- companion to the queen's daughter. Isabelle is given a fashionable name, fashionable dresses -- a new identity. At home she plies her needle under her grandmother's disapproving eye. At the palace she is playmate to a princess.
Thrown into a world of luxury, Isabelle is living a fairy-tale life. But this facade begins to crumble when rumors of starvation in the countryside lead to whispers of revolution. How can Isabelle reconcile the ugly things she hears in the town with the kind family she knows in the palace? And which side is she truly on?
My Thoughts:
This book was pretty good, even though I am very picky when reading historical fiction books. It isn't really my favorite genre, and I have read many books in this genre that were very disappointing to me.
However, I do like this one, and I have read other historical fiction books in this time period that I didn't like.
But the ending wasn't very good . . . I feel like the story could have been longer than 196 pages.
-This is random, but I wish that more authors would write in this time period with fantasy and/or science fiction in it.-
My Rating: 4 stars
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