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queen of england

Mary, Bloody Mary

2001
Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid-sixteenth century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry VIII.

Behind the mask

the life of Queen Elizabeth I
1998
A biography of England's Queen Elizabeth I, providing insight into the childhood events that shaped the woman she became, examining the conflicts and triumphs of her forty-five-year reign from 1558 to 1603, and discussing aspects of her personal life.

Elizabeth I

1989
A biography concentrating on the childhood of the queen who, during her forty-five-year reign, changed England from a minor country into a world power.

Beware, Princess Elizabeth

2001
After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming Queen of England eleven years later.

The redheaded princess

a novel
2008
In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.

Mary I

the history of an unhappy Tudor Queen
1980
A biography of the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who, during a brief reign, tried to bring Protestant England back to the Roman Catholic Church.

Queen Elizabeth I

1981
A biography of the daughter of Henry VIII, depicting not only her vulnerability as a human being, but her decisiveness as a queen whose policies changed England from a minor country into a world power.

The Queen's Fool

2004
Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, finds herself caught in the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half sister, Elizabeth, after her ability to foresee the future leads her to work for the Queen as a spy.

Cate of the Lost Colony

2010
When Lady Catherine has an affair with Sir Walter Raleigh, she is subsequently banished to Raliegh's colony of Roanoke by Queen Elizabeth; surviving alongside other colonists with help from Native Americans, she gradually falls in love with Manteo, a native of the area, just as Raleigh sets sail for the New World.

Maid of Secrets

2013
In 1559 England, Meg, an orphaned thief, is pressed into service and trained as a member of the Maids of Honor, Queen Elizabeth I's secret all-female guard, but her loyalty is tested when she falls in love with a Spanish courtier who may be a threat.

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