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Author |
: Carolyn Meyer |
Publisher |
: HMH |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2002-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780547538860 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0547538863 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Doomed Queen Anne by : Carolyn Meyer
A complicated and much-hated Tudor queen tells her side of the story in this engaging novel of Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn was born without great beauty, wealth, or title, but she has blossomed into a captivating young woman—and she knows it. Determined to rise to the top, she uses her wiles to win the heart of England’s most powerful man, King Henry VIII. Not satisfied with the king’s heart, however, she persuades Henry to defy everyone—including his own wife—to make her his new queen. But Anne’s ambition would prove to be her fatal flaw. Named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, among other honors, Doomed Queen Anne is part of the historical fiction Young Royals series that has illuminated the youthful lives of Europe’s most compelling—and sometimes, infamous—queens and princesses.
Author |
: Carolyn Meyer |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 239 |
Release |
: 2002-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780547940625 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0547940629 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beware, Princess Elizabeth by : Carolyn Meyer
A “gripping historical drama” that tells the story of young Elizabeth Tudor’s journey to the throne—and her fierce rivalry with her half sister (School Library Journal). Imprisonment. Betrayal. Lost love. Murder. What more must a princess endure? Elizabeth Tudor’s teenage and young adult years during the turbulent reigns of Edward and then Mary Tudor are hardly those of a fairy-tale princess. Her mother has been beheaded by Elizabeth's own father, Henry VIII. Her jealous half sister, Mary, has her locked away in the Tower of London. And her only love interest betrays her in his own quest for the throne… Told in the voice of the young Elizabeth and ending when she is crowned queen, this novel in the exciting Young Royals series explores the relationship between two sisters who became mortal enemies. New York Times-bestselling author Carolyn Meyer has written an intriguing historical tale that reveals the deep-seated rivalry between a determined girl who became Elizabeth I, one of England's most powerful monarchs—and the sister who tried everything to stop her.
Author |
: Caroline Meyer |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: LCCN:02001572 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Doomed Queen Anne by : Caroline Meyer
Author |
: Carolyn Meyer |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2004-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0152050868 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780152050863 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Doomed Queen Anne by : Carolyn Meyer
In 1520, thirteen-year-old Anne Boleyn, jealous of her older sister's beauty and position at court, declares that she will one day be queen of England, and that her sister will kneel at her feet.
Author |
: Carolyn Meyer |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0152054472 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780152054472 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Patience, Princess Catherine by : Carolyn Meyer
In 1501, fifteen-year-old Catharine of Aragon arrives in England and marries Arthur, the eldest son of King Henry VII, but when Arthur unexpectedly dies, her future becomes the subject of a bitter dispute between England and Spain.
Author |
: Carolyn Meyer |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 2009-04-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0152066209 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780152066208 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Duchessina by : Carolyn Meyer
While her tyrannical family is out of favor in Italy, young Catherine de Medici is raised in convents, then in 1533, when she is fourteen, her uncle, Pope Clement VII, arranges for her marriage to prince Henri of France, who is destined to become king.
Author |
: Carolyn Meyer |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 313 |
Release |
: 2010-04-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780547487885 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0547487886 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Bad Queen by : Carolyn Meyer
The dizzying rise and horrific downfall of the last queen of France from the New York Times bestselling author of Duchessina. From the moment she was betrothed to the dauphin of France at age fourteen, perfection was demanded of Marie-Antoinette. Desperate for affection and subjected to constant scrutiny, this spirited young woman can’t help but want to let loose with elaborate parties, scandalous fashions, and even a forbidden love affair. Meanwhile, the peasants of France are suffering from increasing poverty and becoming outraged. They want to make the queen pay for her reckless extravagance—with her life. Includes historical notes, an author’s note, and bibliography “Historical-fiction fans will be swept up in the cruel fates of the monarchs and political forces, particularly as the drama escalates into horror.”—Booklist “Beautifully written from the point of view of Marie-Antoinette, and then from the point of view of her daughter, this is fascinating book that fans of historical fiction will find captivating.”—Through the Looking Glass Children’s Book Reviews “This novel about the ill-fated queen covers her life from age 13 when, as an Austrian princess, she prepares to marry the French dauphin to her death by guillotine in 1793 . . . Meyer writes in a lighthearted, casual style, vividly portraying the historical era and aptly defining unfamiliar vocabulary.”—School Library Journal
Author |
: Kris Waldherr |
Publisher |
: Crown |
Total Pages |
: 178 |
Release |
: 2008-10-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780767931038 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0767931033 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Doomed Queens by : Kris Waldherr
Illicit love, madness, betrayal--it isn’t always good to be the queen Marie Antoinette, Anne Boleyn, and Mary, Queen of Scots. What did they have in common? For a while they were crowned in gold, cosseted in silk, and flattered by courtiers. But in the end, they spent long nights in dark prison towers and were marched to the scaffold where they surrendered their heads to the executioner. And they are hardly alone in their undignified demises. Throughout history, royal women have had a distressing way of meeting bad ends--dying of starvation, being burned at the stake, or expiring in childbirth while trying desperately to produce an heir. They always had to be on their toes and all too often even devious plotting, miraculous pregnancies, and selling out their sisters was not enough to keep them from forcible consignment to religious orders. From Cleopatra (suicide by asp), to Princess Caroline (suspiciously poisoned on her coronation day), there’s a gory downside to being blue-blooded when you lack a Y chromosome. Kris Waldherr’s elegant little book is a chronicle of the trials and tribulations of queens across the ages, a quirky, funny, utterly macabre tribute to the dark side of female empowerment. Over the course of fifty irresistibly illustrated and too-brief lives, Doomed Queens charts centuries of regal backstabbing and intrigue. We meet well-known figures like Catherine of Aragon, whose happy marriage to Henry VIII ended prematurely when it became clear that she was a starter wife--the first of six. And we meet forgotten queens like Amalasuntha, the notoriously literate Ostrogoth princess who overreached politically and was strangled in her bath. While their ends were bleak, these queens did not die without purpose. Their unfortunate lives are colorful cautionary tales for today’s would-be power brokers--a legacy of worldly and womanly wisdom gathered one spectacular regal ruin at a time.
Author |
: Carolyn Meyer |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781416987291 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1416987290 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Victoria Rebels by : Carolyn Meyer
Through diary entries, reveals the life of Britain's strong-willed and short-tempered Queen Victoria from the age of eight through her twenty-fourth birthday, up to her third wedding anniversary with her beloved Albert in 1843.
Author |
: Carolyn Meyer |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2006-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0152058761 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780152058760 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Young Royals Boxed Set by : Carolyn Meyer
Brimming with intrigue, romance, and adventure, a collection fit for a queen contains tales of four formidable young women who were wives or daughters of King Henry VIII in the titles, Mary, Bloody Mary; Beware, Princess Elizabeth; Doomed Queen Anne; and Patience, Princess Catherine.