Coronets and steel
By: Sherwood Smith
Series: DAW book collectors -- no. 1521; DAW book collectors
Publisher: DAW Books; Distributed by Penguin Group (USA)
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780756406424
Subjects: Fencing; Grandmothers; Genealogy; Fiction
Description: California girl Kim Murray is unsatisfied with grad school and restless in life, studying ballet and fencing because they remind her of older, more romantic times. Her secretive, aristocratic grandmother, who speaks only French and refuses to share stories about their mysterious family, inspires Kim to seek her roots in Europe, where she is swept up in an adventure of fantastic deceptions and passionate intrigue.