"Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy" by Charles Major is fast-paced and exciting from beginning to end. The mystery of who Yolanda is, whether she's a princess or a lowly girl, keeps readers and the protagonist Sir Karl guessing. Lives intermingle through wars, romance, jousting, secret adventure, the saving of lives from road bandits, and all other adventures capable during the castle-living days. A fun story with lots of twists and turns as over the battlements and through the moat to Yolanda.

"[...]annual income. On these occasions punctilious ceremony took the place of rich wine, and a stiff, kindly welcome did service as a feast. These tournaments were rare events for Max; they gave him a day of partial rest from his strait-jacket life at the little court among the crags. I shall give you here ten lines concerning myself. I am Italian by birth--a younger son of the noble House of Pitti. I left home when but little more than a boy. Journeying to the East, I became Sir Karl de Pitti, Knight of the Holy Order of St. John, and in consequence I am half priest, half soldier. My order and my type are rapidly passing away. I fought and prayed in many lands during twenty years. To be frank, I fought a great[...]".

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