Life As Carola Grant, Joan

Carola is the illegitimate daughter of one of the most powerful noblemen in Italy. Yet she and her mother are forced to leave the family castle and wander penniless. They join a band of strolling actors, but opportunity continues to elude them. At last, Carola enters a convent as a novice. But her natural psychic abilities are misunderstood, and she is accused of witchcraft, only barely managing to escape death.