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Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Without a Country (Royal Diaries) Book

Sent from her native Scotland to live in the court of her future father-in-law, King Henry II of France, young Mary, Queen of Scots, spends her time attending balls, hunting and hawking, learning Latin and fractions and music, and playing with her future husband, Francis. In Kathryn Lasky's fictionalized diary of the 11-year-old queen, readers will get a piquant taste of 16th-century life in Europe. Mary is quite aware of her role as the betrothed to France's royal family. Playing chess together one day, Francis comments to Mary, "Did it ever strike you, Mary, that we are not so much children and sons and daughters of parents as we are pieces on a gigantic chessboard called Europe? You are given to me to help checkmate England." As with the other titles in the Royal Diaries series (Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, etc.), a fact-packed historical note, epilogue, paintings, and family tree provide just enough additional information to whet the appetites of readers for more about the ill-fated queen of Scotland and France. (Ages 9 to 14) --Emilie CoulterRead More

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    On Christmas Eve, 1553, eleven-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, writes in her journal, "These days of Christmas are hard for me. I cannot help but miss my mother more than ever. We begin to fast mid-afternoon-I grow so hungry, but it is not just my stomach that hungers. It is my heart as well." Mary, queen since she was ten months old, has been living away from her homeland for six years. Promised in marriage to Francis, eldest son of King Henry of France, as part of an agreement between the two countries, Mary is living in the royal palace and learning the ways of the French court. Even though Mary misses her mother, she has the love and attention of her uncles and the companionship of her closest friends, the four Marys. Ages 9-12 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.8

  • 0439194040
  • 9780439194044
  • Kathryn Lasky
  • 1 April 2002
  • Scholastic
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 202
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