false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166113982m/10089.jpg 10089 2 Sent from her native Scotland to live in the court of her future father-in-law, King Henry II of France, young Mary, Queen of Scots, spends her time attending balls, hunting and hawking, learning Latin and fractions and music, and playing with her future husband, Francis. In Kathryn Lasky's fictionalized diary of the 11-year-old queen, readers will get a piquant taste of 16th-century life in Europe. Mary is quite aware of her role as the betrothed to France's royal family. Playing chess together one day, Francis comments to Mary, "Did it ever strike you, Mary, that we are not so much children and sons and daughters of parents as we are pieces on a gigantic chessboard called Europe? You are given to me to help checkmate England." As with the other titles in the Royal Diaries series (<I>Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor</I>, etc.), a fact-packed historical note, epilogue, paintings, and family tree provide just enough additional information to whet the appetites of readers for more about the ill-fated queen of Scotland and France. (Ages 9 to 14) <I>--Emilie Coulter</I> 12831 1994 Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, France, 1553 (The Royal Diaries) total:536|5:167|4:159|3:163|2:32|1:15| 536 2039 727 33 4 0 false false Fri Sep 11 17:44:47 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 17:47:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 23 06:02:10 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 06:06:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Nov 27 12:00:19 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 12:01:48 -0800 2009 6 or 7 3 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 16:45:47 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 16:47:17 -0700 2009
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