Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (The Royal Diaries)

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Summary: Review of Red Rose of the House of Tudor
Review: "I am a forgotten princess." So begins the diary of Elizabeth, Princess of England. She writes in her journal about her life as a daughter of royalty. From her observant eyes, you see a world that you never imagined before, the world of king's daughter in the sixteenth century. She writes in her diary about her late mother, her father and four stepmothers. She also has entries about her god-fearing sister, sickly brother and her friends and enemies in the court. This book was written by Katherine Lasky in 1999 and is done so well, you feel like you are there with Elizabeth, seeing and doing everything that she does. This is an easily read diary, but you must enjoy historical fiction to want to pick it up after you put it down. Elizabeth tells of her suspicions towards certain people, one of which is a family member. She writes of how badly she wants to be queen, and how frightened she is of her diary being discovered and interpreted as treason. She also tells of how her father often banishes her so he can 'forget' his daughter for awhile. This banishment is why she writes of being a forgotten princess. Through it all, Elizabeth manages to have fun with friends and family and is able to find ways to step from the shadows and prove that she is the rightful heir to the crown. All in all, I think this is a great book for people to learn what it was like to be a daughter of royalty in 1544.

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Summary: The Royal Diaries: Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tud
Review: I enjoyed this book greatly, however, there were some things about Elizabeth's character I did not enjoy. I did not care for her selfishness. For example, throughout the entire book she moans about never becoming Queen. But, there are other parts that more than make up for that, like when she threatens Princess Mary, I thought that was classic.

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Summary: A fictional diary kept by Elizabeth I as a young girl.
Review: Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry VIII of England, may live a life filled with comfort and luxury, but she is desperatley lonely. The year is 1544, and eleven-year-old Elizabeth is mostly ignored by her father. Most of the time, she lives in a palace in the countryside with her older half-sister, dour Princess Mary, her younger half-brother, sickly Edward, their stepmother, Queen Catherine, and their servants. Only Kat, Elizabeth's governess, seems to pay any attention to her. Elizabeth mourns the death of her mother, who she barely knew, and the deaths of two of her stepmothers. She wonders if her father truly loves her or views her as a political tool that he can someday marry off to gain land or wealth. I highly reccomend this book. Not only is it a richly detailed account of life in 16th century England, but it also a story of a lonely young girl yearning for her father's love.

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Summary: What it is like to be an English princess in the 1500's!
Review: This book is about Queen Elizabeth 1st of England. Kathryn Lansky, who wrote this book, Elizabeth 1st, Red Rose of the House of Tudor, chose to write it about the time when Elizabeth was a girl in England, in the years 1544-1547.

I like the way the author wrote this book in diary form. Each new day had its own date and year (except for a few dates in which the printers messed up). I also enjoyed the pictures in the back of the book that show Elizabeth and her family. It helps you get a view of how fat King Henry the Eighth really was. I also thought the gold color at the edges of the pages was very beautiful.

This book tells about the way of life when Elizabeth was 10 to 13 years old. It tells how she lived, what she wore, and what she did, in a very interesting and exciting way. It really gives you a great idea of what her daily life was like.

This book also tells of the sad times and hardships that Elizabeth suffered, like the time she was banished from her father's court for doing nothing wrong. That really hurt her feelings. What I think would have hurt her feelings the most was knowing that her father had beheaded her own mother, Anne Boleyn. Kathryn Lansky really captured the feelings that Princess Elizabeth must have felt with all these hardships.

She also described the happy times in Elizabeth's life, like the time her father would kiss and pinch her on her cheek. That made her very happy. Another time, on Elizabeth's birthday her half brother Edward gave her a monkey to play with and train. She liked that a lot!

It was really neat to learn about Princess Elizabeth, and discover more about daily life back then. I enjoyed this book a lot, and I know you will too!

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Summary: SIMPLY THE BEST!!!
Review: 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!!!!