num_pages: 194
description: Twelve-year-old Cecile Revel is given a change to leave her peasant life and serve at King Louis XIV's court. She finds life within the palace gates is not as full of ease and elegance as she had imagined. Faced with a test of conscience, Cecile shows that behaving in a noble matter has little to do with one's place at birth.
language: English
title: Cécile: Gates of Gold
titlecomplete: Cécile: Gates of Gold (Girls of Many Lands)
characters: Louis XIV of France, Cecile Revel
genres: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, 18th Century, Kids, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 1607
places: Versailles, France
series: Girls of Many Lands
publisher: Pleasant Company Publications