In this comingofage novel set in the 12th century, Alina, an aspiring musician from Provence, and her brother embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to pray for their fathers soul and to escape from their aunt and uncles strictures. Their journey east takes them through the Byzantine Empire all the way to Jerusalem, where Alina is embroiled in political intrigue, theft, and murder, and finds her voice.In this comingofage novel set in the 12th century, Alina, an aspiring musician from Provence, and her brother embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to pray for their fathers soul and to escape from their aunt and uncles strictures. Their journey east takes them through the Byzantine Empire all the way to Jerusalem, where Alina is embroiled in political intrigue, theft, and murder, and finds her voice."You should be grateful, my girl. You have no dowry, and I am doing everything I can to get you settled. You are hardly any mans dream." Alinas brother, Milos, pulled his face into a perfect copy of Aunt Marcis sour expression, primly pursing his mouth. He had got her querulous tone just right.I pinched my lips together, trying not to laugh. But it was true Aunt Marci had already introduced me to several suitors. So far I had managed to decline their suits politely.Maybe Alinas aunt was right. How could she possibly hope to become a musician, a trobairitz, as impoverished as she was and without the status of a good marriage?But fourteenyearold Alina refuses to accept the...

Binding: Paperback;232 pages; Publisher: Malve von Hassell; Classification: N/A; Weight: 437.51 g; Dimensions: N/A

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