[.ca] Beware, Princess Elizabeth (ISBN 000715030X)

Elizabeth, the Queen of All Queens:
In the sixteenth century, young flame-haired Princess Elizabeth lives her life of constant danger and unspoken fear in the royal English courts. Elizabeth is the daughter of the all-powerful King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn, the King's second wife, whose marriage to the King caused enormous scandal amongst the English people, winning their vehement hatred. However, Elizabeth soon became motherless at a very early age, for her father found a new mistress, plain Jane Seymour, and grew tired of Anne. Thus, King Henry VIII falsely accused his second wife of witchcraft and committing adultery with four men, including her possibly-homosexual brother George. Anne was subsequently beheaded. Ever since her birth, Elizabeth has a tense, extremely strained relationship with her father, and she desperately yearns for his fatherly love and guidance. Elizabeth also has troubles with her much older half-sister, Mary, who, like her Spanish mother, Queen Catherine of Aragon---the King's first wife, whom the King divorced and banished so he could marry Anne---is a devout Catholic, despising everyone and everything to do with her father's newly founded Church of England Protestant sect of Christianity. Also, Mary was forced to be Elizabeth's simple serving maid when Elizabeth was still a small baby. Elizabeth knows that Mary hates her, and for good reason: Elizabeth unwillingly poses an enormous threat to Mary's ascension to the throne. However, Elizabeth has a very close friendship and sibling bond with her younger half-brother, Edward, the son of Jane Seymour, King Henry's third wife whom he married less than two weeks after Anne's decapitation, and also whom died of childbed fever soon after giving birth to Edward. Edward is the first heir to the throne. Other than Edward and her beloved governess woman, Katherine "Kat" Ashley, Elizabeth is trapped in a fear-filled world with no one whom she can truly trust. With her mother dead and her father alienated, Elizabeth is utterly alone, practically an orphan. But the risks already existing in King Henry's court shall soon appear to be only nothing, when compared to the mass chaos that shall affect the royal English courts after King Henry's and his gentle sixth wife Queen Catherine Parr's eventual close-together deaths. When Edward, who always had a frail constitution, quickly dies after his coronation, it is Mary's turn to become ruler. Mary turns out to a vicious and ruthless Queen, beginning a homicidal rampage against Protestants, followers of a sect of the religion Christianity that Mary believes to be a desecration of the Roman Catholic faith. As Mary condemns hundreds of innocent Protestants to committing blasphemy and heresy, and orders them to be immediately executed, Mary earns the unpopular title of "Bloody Mary," given by the common people. But the danger is not only directed towards the commoners. Elizabeth also finds herself in grave danger, for she is a devout Protestant as well. If Elizabeth is not careful to please the rapidly growing more emotionally unstable Queen Mary I, then Elizabeth could soon find her own head on the bloody headblock, just like her mother's had been years ago... Carolyn Meyer---one of my top favorite authors and a greatly known writer of amazing historical fiction novels for young adults---has written yet another great entry in her excellent Young Royal series, epically chronicling the lives of particularly famous Tudor women. Princess Elizabeth, who soon became Queen Elizabeth I, ruled England for forty-five years and guided the country through much success during the Renaissance Era, and even had the Elizabethan Age named after her, is considered by many to be one of the greatest monarchs in the world---and she did this all on her own, not once breaking her steel vow to never marry. Carolyn Meyer has brilliantly brought Elizabeth to life in this first-person narrative, and the readers shall truly sympathize and feel for her as a character, and shall be greatly educated in the fast growing dangers that this remarkable young woman faced in her lifetime. Highly recommended!

beware of princess elizabeth:
I liked the book. I was fond of elizabeth. I did my projects on her when I had the chance, I like that she showed men who was the boss, and that she didn't need them for anything at all, Elizabeth was indepent. I would consider this book to who ever likes to hear stories about the royal familys,like I do. Elizabeth was mean when she got mad,but she never send any body to cute their heads off for pleasure.

My Point Of View : a 10-Year-Old:
Good Book. I liked it but I found it sort of boring. It was still a great story and I enjoyed reading it but Elizabeth keeps talking about being the most miserable woman in all of England. Maybe she was, I could understand if she was, but for the readers sake it could be a tiny bit for interesting. Don't get me wrong, though, I enjoyed and I would recommend it. The other thing was that the characters were sort of confusing. If you wanted the whole set of young royals books get it and you will be happy you did, but just be prepared that Elizabeth is gloomy for some of the book. "Doomed Queen Anne" was my favourite book in this series because it is the most exciting. Where Elizabeth goes to visit the queen often in one part is very interesting and this is a good read. It just is a little more sad in some parts so be prepared.

Great Suspense Novel!:
This book is a great one, I loved it! I liked how you never knew what was going to happen because there was twists and turns at every page! I would tell you my favorite part, but I don't have one, I loved it all! I want to read it over and over again. My favorite character was Elizabeth because she is just like me. I would have done the exact same thing if I was in her situation. If you are looking to find a great book, this is it. You will love "Beware, Princess Elizabeth!"

*cool*:
I got this book 2 years ago at my school's book fair.I simply couldn't put it down. So far I've read it over 9 times (and no, I'm NOT exagerrating).After I read it once I had become a total Tudor freak.So,enough about me.The book starts off with Elizabeth learning that her fathers dead.And that her brothers King (it would be SCAREY if my brother were 'king').I love how Carolyn Meyer gives history a fun twist.Plus the book has only 1 bad word.I'll sum it down to this :if your considering buying this book DO IT !!