"A knightly fairy tale of royalty and dragons, of midwives with secrets and dashing strangers in dark inns... There was once, long ago, a foolish king who decreed that women should not, and would not, inherit. Thus when a girl-child was born to Lord Cador - Merlin-enchanted fighter of dragons and Earl of Cornwall - he secreted her away: to be raised a boy so that the family land and honour would remain intact.That child's name was Silence.Silence must find their own place in a medieval world that is determined to place the many restrictions of gender and class upon them. With dreams of knighthood and a lonely heart to answer, Silence sets out to define themselves.Soon their silence will be ended.What follows is a tale of knights and dragons, of bards, legends and dashing strangers with hidden secrets."--Publisher description.
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