Towers in the mist - Elizabeth Goudge

"One was born a certain sort of person, and though byceaseless struggle one might become as nice as that sort ofperson ever is, one could never become as nice as a nicer sortof person." -Elizabeth Goudge, Towers in the MistIt is late sixteenth-century London when awkward teenageFaithful travels to Oxford to study in England's great university.When Canon Leigh takes him in, Faithful enters into a familyas exciting and educational as the university itself.Woven into the narratives of Faithful and the canon's daughterJoyeuce is Oxford during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I withthe pomp and sordidness of the spectacular era of England'sGolden Age. Not only a historical journey, Towers in the Mist isalso a coming-of-age tale of young love and hope.