I Capture the Castle

<p><b>'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...'</b><br><br>This is the story of Cassandra precocious and charming who begins a journal detailing her life with her bohemian family in a crumbling old castle. On the cusp of adulthood Cassandra meets the family's growing challenges of poverty and decay with indefatigable humour and insight.<br><br>However her life is turned upside down when the American heirs to the castle arrive and Cassandra finds herself falling in love. Both a gorgeous study of 1930s England and a sharp exposition of what it's like to be teenage girl <i>I Capture The Castle </i>is a novel layered with eccentricity and nostalgia.<br><br><b>Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.</b></p>