Dreams sometimes turn to nightmares how far will Kitty go to help her friend? All of Cat’s dreams come true when she captures the eye of the King, and she brings her friends along for the good fortune. She’ll do anything for Cat, follow her anywhere, help her with anything. Kitty, abandoned by her family, values Cat and her friendship more than anything, because it’s the only thing Kitty has. Late night festivities that include dancing and drinking and boys. In the meanwhile, making their own fun, in ways not quite proper. Dreaming of life at court, with dances and pretty clothes and handsome men. Then there are girls like Joan and Alice, married off by their parents to husbands who have left their wives behind as they pursue their own interests. Others are like Kitty, sent away from home simply because her parents don’t want her. Some are like Cat, younger sisters of younger sons, who have a name and connections but hand me down clothes and neither money nor power. Kitty, Cat, and the other girls who live crowded together in the maiden’s chamber are there because they have no where else to go. The Duchess may be rich and powerful, but she is also old and absorbed in her own affairs. Kitty Tylney and Cat Howard are two teenage girls, living at the home of Cat’s grandmother, the Duchess of Norfolk.
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