Desiderata — Judy Ferro

A king's ambitions thwart Desiderata's dream of being duchess of her Bavarian homeland. Instead, as a hostage in the Frankish Court, she lives her childhood nightmare - frightened and ignored. She is forced into betrothal with the hateful Young Pepin--the son King Karolus has chosen to rule Bavaria-while she loves another. How does a young girl fight the most powerful man in Europe? First, she must learn to survive and to know herself. Setting: 787-791, Charlemagne's Frankland (Adult and Young Adult)