New York: Europa Editions. (2014). First edition - The author's second novel, translated from the French by Howard Curtis. "In 1187, on the day of her wedding, the beautiful 15-year-old Esclarmonde scandalizes the court when she refuses to accept the knight chosen by her father. . . she vows instead to give herself to God, an act of defiance for which she is imprisoned in a cell beside the castle's chapel." 181 pp.