Plenty stinks other than lies in the Italian town where Camilla works, a virtual slave, for the Tozzini family. Life for girls in mediaeval Italy is awful but young Camilla is so spirited that even the oppressive weight of Church, family and employer doesn't suppress her. Faced with an arranged marriage to Orazio, an old, ugly vermin-control officer, she inadvertently creates a new saint through creative lying! This is humorous writing with a satisfyingly sharp edge