Cecily

I'm sometimes annoyed by historical novels. There is a tendency to make the characters modern, and especially to make female characters who wear trousers and fight with swords. And that can be great fun, but it also hides the strength that women had through history, and had to have to survive.

Cecily is not that. She is shown as a woman of flesh and blood: smart, strong, feminine and ambitious. I really liked this book, and will look out for any more novels by this author.