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The Dove in the Eagle's Nest

Charlotte M. Yonge

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Christina is an ordinary girl who lives with her aunt and uncle. Life is normal until one day when her father appears and plans to take Christina away to live with him at a robber baron's castle. Her peaceful life has suddenly turned upside down, but this is only the first of many changes. How will Christina, gentle as a dove, survive in the violent eagle's nest?
mber, under the full sanction of the lords of the castle.  Wolf, deer, and sheep skins abounded; and with these, assisted by her father and old Hatto, she tapestried the lower part of the bare grim walls, a great bear’s hide covered the neighbourhood of the hearth, and cushions were made of these skins, and stuffed from Ursel’s stores of feathers.  All these embellishments were watched with great delight by Ermentrude, who had never been made of so much importance, and was as much surprised as relieved by such attentions.  She was too young and too delicate to reject civilization, and she let Christina braid her hair, bathe her, and arrange her dress, with sensations of comfort that were almost like health.  To train her into occupying herself was however, as Christina soon found, in her present state, impossible.  She could spin and sew a little, but hated both; and her clumsy, listless fingers only soiled and wasted Christina’s needles, silk, and lute strings, and such damage was not so easily remedied as in the streets of Ulm.  She was best provided for when looking on at her attendant’s busy hands, and asking to be sung to, or to hear tales of the active, busy scenes of the city life—the dresses, fairs, festivals, and guild processions.

“She was too young and too delicate to reject
civilization, and she let Christina braid her hair, bathe her,
and arrange her dress, with sensations of comfort that were
almost like health.”—Page 37

The gentle nursing and the new interests made her improve in health, so that her father was delighted, and Christina began to hope for a return home.  Sometimes the t

K 05/22/2023
Probably a rollicking good tale when first published almost 200 years ago, it is now a slow read that reminds one of Ivanhoe at times. Set is southwestern German-speaking lands in the 15th century, it is the tale of a noble family with the usual blood feuds, class tensions, surprise survivals, and b
Elisabeth 05/12/2022
Good, but too pro Martin Luther

I really enjoyed this book, except for at the end there was some stuff at the end saying Martin Luther had "true Catholicism" which was very irritating. Besides that I liked it.
Suzanne 03/17/2021
Why do more people not talk about this little gem of a book?! Wonderful morals. Precious story. So many hardships. I cried several times but such a redemptive end. Do yourself a favor and read this book immediately! There is some old time language and spelling in places but you can piece through tho
Paula 11/30/2020
Not my favorite Yonge book, but it was touching nevertheless. Her stories are generally a bit melodramatic. The reason I love some of her books is because she bases her stories on a redemption tale. In this case, it is how a young woman of a religious merchant family helps to redeem a baronial famil
Gary 08/24/2018
Classic story of life in chivalrous times

Compelling story of a young, orphaned girl who is sent to care for a dying daughter of a rogue father and mother in a gothic like castle on a remote, nearly inaccessible mountain. There her life unfolds in a beautiful and yet at times painfully trying ways. S

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