Book description
Spring, 1922
Tessa is a beautiful, tiny, dark-eyed princess - who’s given up her
duties to follow her heart, working for nothing backstage at the
Viennese opera. No one there knows who she really is, or that a
fairytale castle is missing its princess, and Tessa is determined to
keep it that way.
But secret lives can be complicated. When a wealthy, handsome
Englishman discovers this bewitching urchin backstage,Tessa’s two lives
collide - and in escaping her inheritance, she finds her destiny. . .
Eva Ibbotson lives in Newcastle upon Tyne and has four grown-up
children. She has written ten other books for children, which have been
translated into many languages. She has won several major awards for her
work, and two major movies based on her books are currently in
development.
