# I Capture the Castle

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- Book: [I Capture the Castle](https://www.bookquiver.com/dodie-smith/i-capture-the-castle) ([I Capture the Castle.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dodie-smith/i-capture-the-castle.md))
- Authors: [Dodie Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/dodie-smith)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4161-805-9
- Pages: 544
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her family live in a beautiful, ramshackle castle - but sadly that's not quite as exciting as it sounds when you're having to use the barn door as a kitchen table, and new clothes are literally made out of old curtains . . . Determined to forge her own path, Cassandra practices her writing skills by keeping a diary - observing the eccentric comings and goings of her beloved-but exasperating family, and pondering what life may have in store for her. But things are about to get delightfully more dramatic with the arrival of two glamorous Americans - and soon the Mortmain's lives will never be the same again.