504 pages
English language
Published April 12, 2004 by Simon & Schuster.
The Queen's Fool
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(2 reviews)
Henry VIII is dead, succeeded by his only legitimate son, nine year old Edward VI. Too young to rule, the realm is governed by a Regency Council, led by his uncle, Edward Seymour. Edward has continued his father's reformation of the church and Protestantism is becoming established, however England is still unsettled with rioting and rebellions common. Edward was close to and well loved by both of his half-sisters: the Catholic Princess Mary, daughter of Katherine of Aragon and the Protestant Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the executed Anne Boleyn. However he and his advisors were concerned that should he die without issue, his sister Princess Mary would return the country to Catholicism.
Subjects
- Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of, 1532?-1588 -- Fiction
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Fiction
- Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558 -- Fiction
- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Fiction
- Jewish families -- Fiction
- Jewish girls -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553 -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558 -- Fiction