Elizabeth Evans

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of...

The diaries and journals of eleven women, loyalist and patriot, provide a daily record of the legal, political, economic, and religious status and rights, public and private, of women in late-eighteenth century America.