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Betrayal

Grace Cavendish, Patricia Finney · 197 pages

Now that Lady Grace is the Queen's secret "Lady Pursuivant"--a title normally reserved for those who pursue wrongdoers of the Crown--she can hardly believe that a new mystery has fallen in her lap. But what else can it be when Lady Sarah, a fellow lady-in-waiting known for her fancy clothes and hoity-toity attitude, is missing and feared kidnapped by the dashing Captain Drake. Despite her hard fee

Elizabethan EraDiary FormatHistorical MysteryRoyal Court
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The Twylight Tower

Karen Harper · 305 pages

Karen Harper brings a legendary era to life, drawing us into an intoxicating world of majesty and mayhem, political intrigue and adventure ... where danger is everywhere ... and where a young queen journeys to greatness in the long shadow of her bloodstained past.

Elizabethan EraHistorical MysteryRoyal CourtMystery
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Murder by Misrule

Anna Castle · 344 pages

Elizabethan EraHistorical MysteryMysteryHistorical Fiction
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Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor

Stephanie Barron · 318 pages

Diary FormatHistorical MysteryMysteryHistorical Fiction
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Palace of Spies

Sarah Zettel · 367 pages

In 1716 London, an orphaned sixteen-year-old girl from a good family impersonates a lady-in-waiting only to discover that the real girl was murdered, the court harbors a nest of spies, and the handsome young artist who is helping her solve the mystery might be a spy himself.

Historical MysteryRoyal CourtMysteryTeen Protagonist
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To Ruin A Queen

Fiona Buckley · 335 pages

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Diary FormatRoyal CourtMiddle GradeHistorical Fiction
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Treachery

S.J. Parris · 540 pages

Summer, 1585: As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of an Invincible Armada, built by King Philip II, and intended to invade English shores. Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip's American treasure supplies to Queen Elizabeth. Giordano Bruno, radical philosopher and spy, acc

Elizabethan EraHistorical MysteryMysteryHistorical Fiction
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Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria - Hungary, 1853

Barry Denenberg · 151 pages

The diary of Princess Elisabeth, written in 1853-1854, describing her engagement and marriage to her cousin Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria. Includes historical notes concerning her life as Empress.

Diary FormatRoyal CourtTeen ProtagonistMiddle Grade
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Prince

Rory Clements · 440 pages

Elizabethan EraHistorical MysteryMysteryHistorical Fiction
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Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country

Kathryn Lasky · 202 pages

Mary, the young Scottish queen, is sent a diary from her mother in which she records her experiences living at the court of France's King Henry II as she awaits her marriage to Henry's son, Francis.

Diary FormatRoyal CourtTeen ProtagonistMiddle Grade
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A Plague of Angels

P.F. Chisholm · 252 pages

"In 1592, dashing courtier Sir Robert Carey took up his northern post as Warden of the West March in order to escape the complications of creditors and court life. Trouble, however, dogs his heels wherever he goes. And where he goes in autumn, after various midadventures in Carlisle, is back to London upon a summons from his father."--Back cover.

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Midnight Never Come

Marie Brennan · 400 pages

England flourishes under the hand of its Virgin Queen: Elizabeth, Gloriana, last and most powerful of the Tudor monarchs. But a great light casts a great shadow.In hidden catacombs beneath London , a second Queen holds court: Invidiana, ruler of faerie England , and a dark mirror to the glory above. In the thirty years since Elizabeth ascended her throne, fae and mortal politics have become inext

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Goodnight Sweet Prince

David Dickinson · 320 pages

Historical MysteryRoyal CourtMysteryHistorical Fiction
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The Other Countess

Eve Edwards · 332 pages

England, 1582. Ellie - Lady Eleanor Rodriguez of San Jaime - is in possession of a gold-seeking father, a worthless title and a feisty spirit that captivates the elite of the Queen's court, and none other than the handsome new Earl of Dorset ... William Lacey has inherited his father's title and his financial ruin. Now the Earl must seek a wealthy heiress and restore his family's fortune. But Will

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Maid of Secrets

Jennifer McGowan · 406 pages

In 1559 England, Meg, an orphaned thief, is pressed into service and trained as a member of the Maids of Honor, Queen Elizabeth I's secret all-female guard, but her loyalty is tested when she falls in love with a Spanish courtier who may be a threat.

Elizabethan EraRoyal CourtHistorical FictionSeries Starter
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Shadow of Night

Deborah Harkness · 592 pages

Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew’s old friends, the School of Night. As the search for Ashmole 782 deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew’s past tightens around them, and

Elizabethan EraRoyal CourtHistorical FictionMystery
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Malice at the Palace

Rhys Bowen · 451 pages

Being thirty-fifth in line for the British throne has its advantages, but money isn't one of them. To make ends meet, Lady Georgiana Rannoch sometimes investigates a little royal wrongdoing. While her beau Darcy is off on a mysterious mission, Lady Georgiana Rannoch receives a new assignment from the queen. Princess Marina of Greece is to wed the king's youngest son, George, and will need a compan

Historical MysteryRoyal CourtMysteryHistorical Fiction
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The Royal Road to Fotheringhay

Jean Plaidy · 349 pages

"Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there" -- Matt Bates WH Smith Travel "Jean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive." -- Julia Moffat, RNA "Thi

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The Queen's Head

Edward Marston · 240 pages

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Traitor in Williamsburg: A Felicity Mystery

Elizabeth McDavid Jones · 136 pages

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The Virgin's Lover

Philippa Gregory · 441 pages

As a new queen, Elizabeth I faces two great dangers. The French threaten to invade Scotland. But more perilous still is her passion for the convicted traitor, Robert Dudley. Dudley is already married. Amy, his wife, refuses to set her beloved husband free to marry the queen, but she cannot prevent him from becoming the favourite of the plotting, pleasure-seeking court. Yet the queen must marry.

Elizabethan EraRoyal CourtHistorical FictionSeries
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Angel on the Square

Gloria Whelan · 293 pages

In 1913 Russia, twelve-year-old Katya eagerly anticipates leaving her St. Petersburg home, though not her older cousin Misha, to join her mother, a lady in waiting in the household of Tsar Nicholas II, but the ensuing years bring world war, revolution, and undreamed of changes to her life.

Royal CourtTeen ProtagonistMiddle GradeSeries Starter
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