{"product_id":"good-masters-sweet-ladies-voices-from-a-medieval-village","title":"Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village","description":"\u003cb\u003eNewbery Medal Winner! Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaidens, monks, and millers' sons -- in these pages, readers will meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant's daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There's also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd -- inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany -- this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.\r","brand":"Laura Amy Schlitz, Robert Byrd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44440483234028,"sku":"9780763650940","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780763650940.jpg?v=1708831783","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/good-masters-sweet-ladies-voices-from-a-medieval-village","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}