Seventeen-year-old Angelica Voglia has the voice of an angel. But in seventeenth-century Rome, the pope has forbidden women to sing in public. To make matters worse, her controlling mother is determined to marry her off to a wealthy nobleman, even though Angelica is in love with a poor French artist. Angelica’s only hope to sing before an audience—and escape a forced marriage—is to flee to Queen Christina’s court, where she will become the queen’s soprano. But she soon discovers that the palace walls are not completely secure . . . and her freedom will require even greater sacrifice than she imagined.
- ISBN: 9780152054779
- Author: Dines, Carol
- Published: 2006, Harcourt Children's Books
- Themes: girls and women, Performing Arts, Renaissance, romance, Women's rights
- Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Italy, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 336