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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
214 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her birth to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1533 and her imprisonment by her half-sister, to her reign as queen, which brought peace, stability, and prosperity to sixteenth-century England.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Lady Katherine's father is killed for being an illegally practicing Catholic, she discovers he was also involved in a murder plot against the reigning Queen Elizabeth I. She disguises herself as a boy and travels to London to take it one step further: kill the queen herself. She is cast in William Shakespeare's newest play, which is to be performed in front of Her Majesty. But the play is a plot to destroy the rebellion, masterminded by fellow...
Author
Series
Ladies in waiting (Sandra Byrd) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the acclaimed author of To Die For comes a stirring novel told that sheds new light on Elizabeth I and her court.
Like Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir, Sandra Byrd has attracted countless fans for evoking the complexity, grandeur, and brutality of the Tudor period. In her latest tour de force, she poses the question: What happens when serving a queen may cost you your marriage--or your life? In 1565, seventeen-year-old Elin von Snakenborg leaves...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010, c2008
Physical Desc
240 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a reward for saving Queen Elizabeth's life, teenaged Lucy, now firmly established in Dr. Dee's household, is asked to secretly work as a spy for the queen but strange ghostly cries in the house prompt the curious Lucy to disregard instructions and once again attempt to uncover her employer's dark secrets.
Author
Series
Onyx Court volume 1
Language
English
Description
In the thirty years since Elizabeth I ascended her throne, fae and mortal politics have become inextricably entwined, in secret alliances and ruthless betrayals whose existence is suspected only by a few. Two courtiers, both struggling for royal favor, are about to uncover the secrets that lie behind these two thrones. And a faerie lady's courage and loyalty are about to be tested.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anne Hathaway has always dreamed of leaving the small cottage where she and her siblings live with their critical stepmother, and when Will Shakespeare returns home and begins showing a serious interest in her, Anne must decide whether to follow her heart or play by the rules.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being recruited as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth's cousin, Lady Mary, in order to spy on her, Rosamund Jaffrey discovers that Lady Mary's life is in danger after it is rumored that she is being courted by Ivan the Terrible of Russia.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 25
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to Elizabethan London, where they become actors in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and try to rescue a tame bear.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) comes a riveting and scandalous love triangle between a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambition far exceeds his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them.
In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen, yet one woman hears the tidings with utter dread....
In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen, yet one woman hears the tidings with utter dread....
12) Skye O'Malley
Author
Series
O'Malley saga (Beatrice Small) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the incomparable New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small comes a heroine as breathtaking as she is legendary.
Indomitable and bold in an era of royalty and rogues, Skye O'Malley is a woman who embraces her unbridled sensuality as valiantly as she fights for her children, her lovers, her empire. A woman of justice and honor, she will match wits with and challenge the most dangerous and powerful woman of her time: Queen Elizabeth I.
Though...
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2006, c2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young actor at the Globe Theatre must defend his master when Queen Elizabeth suspects that Shakespeare tried to help the Earl of Essex overthrow her.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[40] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of England's Elizabeth I, describing her father's desire for a male heir, the dangers she faced as a princess and queen, her love of art and theater, and the peace and prosperity her diplomatic skills brought to her country.
15) A column of fire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Queen Victoria, a new history of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I that reveals how the most important relationship of their life-their friendship-changed them forever. Elizabeth and Mary were cousins and queens, but eventually it became impossible for them to live together in the same world. This is the story of two women struggling for supremacy in a man's world, when no one thought a woman...
Author
Publisher
Rosen
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a graphic biography of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and chronicles her rise to power in 1558, the royal House of Tudor, and the passing of the English throne to the Stuarts in 1603.
Author
Series
Shakespeare stealer volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2000, c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
216 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
532 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth I, and discusses both her political and private life; includes information on her relationships with Robert Dudley, Mary Stuart, and Philip of Spain.
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