Marguerite, daughter of the Count of Flanders in 1347, grows up riding horses, fencing, and outwitting the boys, and although her father was disappointed to have a girl as his firstborn child, he waits and watches, seeing more in her than she knows.
General Note
"First published in Belgium and the Netherlands in 2009 by Uitgeverij Manteau/Standaard Uitgeverij, Antwerpen, with the title Jonkvrouw"--T.p. verso.