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Title:
Ironhead, or, Once a young lady
Alternate title:
Once a young lady
Summary:
Eighteen-year-old Constance is not interested in marriage or in being a "young lady." But for a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s, that's just about all that's available to her. When her parents arrange her a marriage with a man more than twice her age, she's powerless to resist. Stance couldn't possibly find her newfound husband less appealing, but what can she do? Here's what: Four months into the marriage, she can slip out of their bed in the middle of the night, and she can put on his clothes. She can look in the mirror and like what she sees. She can sneak out of the house before dawn and visit the baker's scrawny son, who has just been drafted into the army, and offer to take his place. Vive l'Empereur! Hot on Stance's tail all the while is her younger brother Pieter, determined to bring Stance back home to Ghent where she belongs. (The battlefield is no place for a young lady, after all.) Ironhead, or, Once A Young Lady is the riotous and powerful story of a fierce renegade, and the silly men who try to bring her down. -- Amazon.
Audience:
Ages 12 and up. Levine Querido.

Grades 10-12. Levine Querido.
General Note:
Originally published in Dutch by Querido in 2020 under title: IJzerkop. Translation copyright 2022.
Physical Description:
419 pages ; 24 cm.
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Author(s):
Publisher:
Levine Querido,
Publication Date:
2022
ISBN:
9781646140480
Publication Information:
Montclair : Levine Querido, 2022.

©2022
Call Number:
YA RIJCKEGHEM
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