There’s a new arrival—a mysterious and exotic young princess—at Court and Lady Grace can’t believe how many rumours there a...
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Jul 26, 2009
Awallens
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There’s a new arrival—a mysterious and exotic young princess—at Court and Lady Grace can’t believe how many rumours there are about her already. The exiled
Banoo Yasmine from Sharakand is a beautiful girl with a pet panther and, everyone believes, magical powers. Yasmine also possesses the renowned Heart of
Kings Ruby, a huge stone that she wears around her neck to balls and feasts, that legend says has the power to make kings. When the famed jewel goes missing,
the finger is poin More...
Banoo Yasmine from Sharakand is a beautiful girl with a pet panther and, everyone believes, magical powers. Yasmine also possesses the renowned Heart of
Kings Ruby, a huge stone that she wears around her neck to balls and feasts, that legend says has the power to make kings. When the famed jewel goes missing,
the finger is poin More...
Feb 28, 2010
Rebecca
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This is the fifth book in the Lady Grace Mysteries series, about Lady Grace Cavendish, a thirteen-year-old Maid of Honour at the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
It's January 1570, and a new visitor is arriving at court. Banoo Yasmine is a young noblewoman from the Middle Eastern country of Sharkand. When the king of Sharakand was overthrown, Banoo Yasmine's family was murdered because they had supported him, and only she escape. In England, she hopes to regain her fortune so she can retu More...
It's January 1570, and a new visitor is arriving at court. Banoo Yasmine is a young noblewoman from the Middle Eastern country of Sharkand. When the king of Sharakand was overthrown, Banoo Yasmine's family was murdered because they had supported him, and only she escape. In England, she hopes to regain her fortune so she can retu More...
Aug 11, 2007
Jennie
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Banoo Yasmine of Sharakand is an exiled Princess. There are several rumors floating around the court about why she and her retinue are in London, but the Queen has told Grace the truth-- her family was the victim of a bloody coup in Sharakand. The giant Heart of Kings ruby that she wears around her neck is rumored to have magical powers, but Grace knows it's really a gift to the Queen to guarantee that the Banoo and her people can stay and be safe in England.
Of course, the ruby gets More...
Of course, the ruby gets More...
Aug 12, 2007
Jennie
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Banoo Yasmine of Sharakand is an exiled Princess. There are several rumours floating around the court about why she and her retinue are in London, but the Queen as told Grace the truth-- her family was the victim of a bloody coup in Sharakand. The giant Heart of Kings ruby that she wears around her neck is rumoured to have magical powers, but Grace knows it's really a gift to the Queen to guarantee that the Banoo and her people can stay and be safe in England.
Of course, the ruby gets More...
Of course, the ruby gets More...
Oct 22, 2011
Charlotte
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Lady Grace is pulled once more into her role as a lady pursuvient to clear Ellie's name in the theft of the jewel of a royal exile residing in the court of her majesty Queen Elizabeth. I would say this is a bit weaker than the others mostly because the exiled princess feels like a compilation of someone that could be from central Asia, India or Africa. The series often strives to bring some authenticity to the story but this one feels just stretched. That said, my nine-year-old loved the story
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Aug 04, 2011
Neill
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Lady Grace is a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth I but she is also more – she is her Lady Pursuivant or a person who seeks out wrongdoers. When the crown jewel is stolen from Banoo Yasmine of Sharakand who is in exile from her homeland after a coup, Lady Grace must find the thief. This book represents the life of women in the English court of 1570 complete with a glossary and the historical milieu at the end of the book.
Sep 18, 2011
Sandy
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While this is certainly just 'easy reading' for young girls, it gives the reader (me, in this case) a view into court life in Elizabethan England which I've never known. 2/3rds of the things this book is describing are completely new to me! Young-adult fiction or not, it is an education!
Jul 29, 2011
A juvenile mystery set in Queen Elizabeth's court. The ruby of the visiting princess is missing and the lowly laundry maid is accused of taking it. Lady Grace looks to the real thief.
Aug 10, 2010
Boogle
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Another Lady Grace, I thought this one was an interesting and exciting plot. I wasn't sure who it was until near the end of the book.
Sep 09, 2009
Madeleine
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ive read them so many times it only takes like 30 minutes for me to read them...cause ive got them memorized.
Mar 14, 2009
Deirdre
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Lady Grace encounters a panther and it's owner Banoo Yasmine who has a ruby of great beauty. Banoo Yasmine is seeking asylum and offers the ruby as surety, when it is stolen, one of Grace's friends is blamed.
I had my suspicions but some of them turned out to be untrue. Fun read, light and not too involved. It's starting to lose some of it's earlier spark but still enjoyable.
I had my suspicions but some of them turned out to be untrue. Fun read, light and not too involved. It's starting to lose some of it's earlier spark but still enjoyable.
Apr 10, 2011
Russamun82
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All the royal court is curious about the new visitor to court, the Banoo Yasmine visiting from the middle east. Grace is curious about her companion, an elegant black panther. But mystery is not to be left far behind when the Banoo's Ruby is stolen and found in Ellie's Laundry Basket. Can Grace not only find the culprit but save her friend from a thief's fate?
Nov 03, 2008
B
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Lady Cavendish has a personal stake in this mystery...one of her close friends, Ellie, the laundry girl, has been accused of stealing a valuable ruby from royalty that has settled into the court. What makes this more interesting is that this royal figure is exiled from a muslim Middle Eastern country and she has brought a live panther with her.
Jan 18, 2012
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