beware princess elizabeth by carolyn meyer

Noblemen and common people flocked to her defense because she was popular, and she was declared queen very soon after that. However, Mary claimed her rights to the throne. One of the members of the privy council, John Dudley, had managed to make Edward declare Lady Jane Grey (Henry VIII's great-niece) as his successor, and not his half-sister Mary, as his father's will had stipulated. Edward VI died of tuberculosis in 1553, at age 15.

Those charges proved groundless, but that was one early scare she had as a teenager. She knew him because he had married her stepmother after her father's death. Her younger brother, Edward, had become king, and Elizabeth found herself under suspicion for a while because of her association with Tom Seymour who was accused of wanting to kidnap the king, and of scheming to marry her. With the death of Henry VIII, Elizabeth lost her main protection. Subsequently, she was declared illegitimate. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, had been executed by order of her father when Elizabeth was not yet three years old. 'Lady Elizabeth' as she was known during that time had a lot to fight against, and worry about after the death of her father. 'Beware, Princess Elizabeth' is a fictional account of Elizabeth I's teenage and young adult years, from the time her father, King Henry VIII, died when she was 13 to when she became queen of England in 1559 at age 25. I'm not sure what I'll follow up with, but at least I am no longer completely in the dark. The simple family tree of the Tudors at the beginning of the book was a great help, and I finally feel like I've got a bit of background understanding of the dynamics at play. Mary Tudor had such a fear that Elizabeth would take the throne from her through an organized rebellion that she banished her and treated her as a prisoner for the better part of her reign. As part of the Young Royals series, the short novel is an first person account of Elizabeth's life from the death of her father King Henry VIII, through the trials and tribulations of the reign of her brother Edward VI, followed by the extreme discomfort she suffered throughout her sister Queen Mary's rule. That's when an LT friend surprised me by sending me this book in the mail.

I asked around for a recommendation for a fictional account that would be easy to follow but was founded on solid research and historical accuracy. Ever since I attempted to read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, I realized that if I wanted to appreciate that book, I needed to gain a better understanding of the Tudor lineage, personalities and power plays.

Beware princess elizabeth by carolyn meyer