[.ca] The Royal Diaries: Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of ... (ISBN 0590684841)

From Amazon.com:
"Do you know who I am? I shall tell you. I am Elizabeth, Princess of England, daughter of Henry VIII and his wife Anne Boleyn. I am eleven years old. My mother, once Queen, is now dead. Almost eight years ago, when I was not yet three, Father chopped off her head." Daughter of a fallen queen, young Princess Elizabeth lives a complicated and dangerous life. She fears her father's famous temper but loves him dearly, noting that she would trade all her jewels just to be noticed by him. She also loves her brother Edward, heir to the English throne, but doesn't like her older sister Mary, who torments her and conspires against her. Kat, her governess, is so worried for Elizabeth's life that she spends hours checking their room for poison whenever they move to a new palace. Court intrigues swirl around her, the French are threatening an invasion, and Kat is clamoring for her to have another bath--that makes nearly six in three months! Through Elizabeth's diary, author Kathryn Lasky brings the Tudor world to life: glittering banquets of peacock, eel, and swan; palaces so stinky that "everyone goes about with their noses buried in pomander balls to hide the stench"; archery contests, where Elizabeth excels; and Latin and logic lessons... where she needs a little work. Some of the history is slightly flawed (a misplaced date or two), but readers will enjoy the great detail as they learn about the childhood of one of England's greatest monarchs. An epilogue, with Tudor family trees, paintings, and background information enhances this already excellent and entertaining book. (Ages 10 and older) --Sunny Delaney

SIMPLY THE BEST!!!:
This book is my asbsolute favorite in the series!It describes the many different celebrations,customs and fears of the time.Elizabeth not only expresses her joys,but her pains:never knowing her mother(who was beheaded by her own father),her strange sometimes cruel sister,and the possibility of losing the love of the KING,her faher!an EXCELLENT BOOK!it even has somewhat of a ghost story in it... YOU MUST READ THIS ONE!!!!

Elizabeth, Queen of All Queens:
Elizabeth does not have a happy life as a princess. Her father is King Henry VIII, infamous for his six wives, having beheaded three of them, and divorcing two others; the last only survived because she outlived him. And Elizabeth has never known her mother, Anne Boleyn, because she was beheaded by her husband while Elizabeth was a baby. Thus, Elizabeth has grown up without a mother, and basically without a father as well. She often ponders to her diary that she longs to be an "invisible princess" to her father no more. Her younger brother, Edward, is the child of Henry's wife after Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour. They are quite close. But Elizabeth's older sister, Mary, comes from Henry's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who was divorced because Henry fell in love with Anne. The two sisters are blood enemies forever. How can Elizabeth survive amongst a family full of betrayal? Kathryn Lasky has done a great job narrating the real-life story of Elizabeth's childhood, and how she would one day grow up to be one of the greatest queens the world has ever seen. Highly recommended!

Good Historical Fiction.:
I rate this 4 stars because the story sometimes lost my interest, but in the end it was very succsessful. I really enjoyed the platonic relationship that Elizabeth and Robin had, also this is a important part of history and I'm sure that the book isn't completely based on fiction. The book also had facts and immangination, which made it seem more real and exciting. I recommend this book for everybody of all ages that enjoys historical events and facts and just history itself.

Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (:
Nowhere in the description of this book was it mentioned, or implied, that this book was fiction. I felt duped when I discovered it was from the imagination of an author choosing to write for Elizabeth. From now on I guess I will have to read reviews and excerpts before ordering anything. This will make it much more tedious and time-consuming. How else to avoid a problem like this? The book reads wonderfully well - if you suppose that in actuality it is being written by Elizabeth. It's impossible, at this point, to offer a critique. I might have an entirely different opinion were I to know its true source.

Elizabeth I, Red rose of the House of Tudor:
This was a good book. In a lot of the other books I read about Elizabeth she is completely miserable. But now I know that that is not true. She didn't have a fairy tale life, but Elizabeth is still really interesting. Kathryn Lasky did a really good job of making this book seem completely real. The only thing is that Elizabeth doesn't travel anywhere or anything but I still really like the book. It is the best one I have read so far about Elizabeth. I would HIGHLY recommend it.