ASIN: B0157BUZL0
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 297
1778, the Duchy of Tuscany.Little Ritta knew neither her father, nor mother. Black-eyed girl with golden curls, she grew up in an Italian village with her grandmother and brothers, explored the white sands of Populonia, played among the orange groves and vineyards, misbehaved in the convent school without the slightest idea of how different she was from her village peers. “Time will pass and many lads will drown in the eyes of that girl,” fellow villagers used to say about her. But her family was poor and considered to be of low origin; the future did not smile upon the little orphan.Everything changed on the day when a dusty road carriage stopped near Ritta’s house in Tuscany. French nobleman, who came out of it, not only told the girl her real name —Suzanne — but also recognized her as a princess, his daughter. From now on, her fate was not to sell fish at a local market, but to shine ...
