This Elizabeth is a soft, kind princess, and thus a far easier character for the target audience to embrace. Beware, Princess Elizabeth (2001) is based on the early life of Elizabeth. This structural difficulty may not have been so pointed, had Elizabeth the young princess been portrayed, in bud, as the clever, sharp and politically ruthless queen she later came to be. Young Royals is a series of novels for children by Carolyn Meyer based on the early lives of. Only through gossipy secondary characters do we hear of Queen Mary’s marriage, the burning of heretics, and various intrigues of the court. Elizabeth-next in line for the crown and thus a dangerous rival-is intentionally kept at country estates, or comfortably “detained” in London Tower. After the young king dies, Mary takes the throne. First, she is pushed aside by courtiers vying for power during her weak half-brother’s reign. Unfortunately, Elizabeth, the only point of view character, lives a life apart during these years. Beginning at Henry VIII’s death in 1547, and ending with Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne in 1558, the novel covers the most exciting events of the time. In this installment of the “Young Royals” series, Carolyn Meyer has penned a breezy account of the early years in the life of Elizabeth I.
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