title: The Pageant Master
author: O'Rourke, Betty
description: Hired by the autocratic Madame de Caudebec, Rowena Berenson arrives at the ancient Normandy chateau of the de Caudebec family, to take charge of producing their famous annual pageant. But Madame's elder son, Raoul, resents her intrusion; he was Pageant Master until she came. Madame, however, insists that not only must Rowena direct the pageant, but she must also take one of the principal roles. Madame has her reasons and one of them concerns her famous ancestor, Yvonne...