Ironhead, or, Once a young lady /
Rijckeghem, Jean-Claude van, 1963-
Ironhead, or, Once a young lady / Ironhead Once a young lady by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem ; translated by Kristen Gehrman. - 419 pages ; 24 cm.
Originally published in Dutch by Querido in 2020 under title: IJzerkop. Translation copyright 2022.
In 1808 Ghent, eighteen-year-old Constance runs away from an arranged marriage to a much older man and by stealing his clothes, sneaking out of the house disguised as a man, and joining Napoleon's army. For a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s, about all that's available to her is marriage. When Constance's parents arrange her a marriage with a man more than twice her age, she's powerless to resist. Four months into the marriage, she slips out of their bed in the middle of the night, and puts on his clothes. Sneaking out of the house before dawn, Stance visits the baker's scrawny son, who has just been drafted into the army, and offers to take his place. Hot on Stance's tail is her younger brother Pieter, determined to bring Stance back home to Ghent where she belongs. After all, the battlefield is no place for a young lady. -- adapted from jacket
Ages 12 and up. Levine Querido. Grades 10-12. Levine Querido.
9781646140480 1646140486
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Fiction.
Gender identity--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Arranged marriage--Fiction.
Ghent (Belgium)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Ironhead, or, Once a young lady / Ironhead Once a young lady by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem ; translated by Kristen Gehrman. - 419 pages ; 24 cm.
Originally published in Dutch by Querido in 2020 under title: IJzerkop. Translation copyright 2022.
In 1808 Ghent, eighteen-year-old Constance runs away from an arranged marriage to a much older man and by stealing his clothes, sneaking out of the house disguised as a man, and joining Napoleon's army. For a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s, about all that's available to her is marriage. When Constance's parents arrange her a marriage with a man more than twice her age, she's powerless to resist. Four months into the marriage, she slips out of their bed in the middle of the night, and puts on his clothes. Sneaking out of the house before dawn, Stance visits the baker's scrawny son, who has just been drafted into the army, and offers to take his place. Hot on Stance's tail is her younger brother Pieter, determined to bring Stance back home to Ghent where she belongs. After all, the battlefield is no place for a young lady. -- adapted from jacket
Ages 12 and up. Levine Querido. Grades 10-12. Levine Querido.
9781646140480 1646140486
Chronicle Books Llc, C/O Hachette Book Group USA 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109 SAN 200-2205
2021032423
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Fiction.
Gender identity--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Arranged marriage--Fiction.
Ghent (Belgium)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.
Novels.