Beware, Princess Elizabeth: A Young Royals Book

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Summary: Interesting glimpse of Elizabeth I's story
Review: After enjoying Mary, Bloody Mary, I was pleased to find out there was a second and now the series was called Young Royals. This one is definitely a great addition to the series. The story begins at Henry VIII's death. Then, Elizabeth's brother, Edward, is king. After his death, Mary reigns for five years. This is the dangerous part of Elizabeth's life. She has a fear of her sister and of being executed. She is imprisoned at a few places. Yet, Elizabeth still does not give up the goal of becoming queen one day. Read this amazing story, you will not regret it!

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Summary: Beautifull written - A great extension of Mary, Bloody Mary
Review: Another great effort by Carolyn Meyers. Written from a framework of recorded history, but it is what "might have been" or what some other authors wrote. The history is accurate, but the personalities? Surely they were different then, and their lives were only what we might imagine. Elizabeth lived through the tribulations and was a long admired Queen. Her story is told here with flourish and class. Ms. Meyers has done it again, produced another historical fiction tale that will help many to understand a little better. It is a joy to read!

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Summary: A fascinating portrayal of the young Princess Elizabeth.
Review: As the daughter of King Henry the VIII and Anne Boleyn, the wife he had executed on false charges of adultery simply because she did not birth him a son, the young Princess Elizabeth was at various times pampered, scorned, or simply ignored by her father. She and her young half-brother Edward, the heir to the throne, were close. But Elizabeth and her half-sister Mary - daughter of the woman Henry divorced to marry Anne Boleyn - were barely civil to each other. Mary hated Elizabeth simply for her mother's identity. When the King dies and Edward is crowned, the two sisters manage an uneasy peace - until Edward dies and Mary becomes Queen. Now Elizabeth is in grave danger. There are many reasons her sister could want her out of the way. Elizabeth will need all of her wits if she is to survive the dangers of her sister's reign so that someday she can become Queen of England. This was a fascinating portrait of Elizabeth as a teenager and young woman. I highly reccomend this book.

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Summary: Ab-Fab Book
Review: Beware Princess Elizabeth is an excellent book. It beautifully portrays the not-so-glamourous life of a tudor princess. It is vivid in discriptions and makes the reader feel as if they are living at that time. I think it would be a good book for anyone with an interest in history... or someone who can't bear the thought of it. You learn something without realizing. Truly AB-FAB, darling!...

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Summary: Hmmmmm...
Review: Beware Princess ELizabeth was ok. I mean, personally I've never been able to relate to Elizabeth. All the books I've read about her, including this one, protray her as a girl who complanes all the time, is snappish, easily bored, and in a bit judgemental. I'm not saying she was a bad queen, she was one of the best, it's just that I can't relate to her problems. Elizabth tells the story without much emotion or to much emotion, blowing things out of proportion. She cries constantly, making it hard to see her and a strong, quick witted women. In Mary Bloody Mary there were moments in the story that truelly touched my heart. Nothing of the sort in this book. I felt like I was reading a newspaper artical not a diary. I have been disapointed with many books about Elizabeth. I want to reconize her as one of history's greatest queens but I can never warm up to her. I wish I knew what she really was like, to see if I would be inspired by her as so many others are.

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Summary: beware,princess elizabeth
Review: Beware, Princess Elizabeth is a wonderful book.
it starts off with princess Elizabeth at age 13 has just found out her father king henry is dead. From that her 9 yr old brother has to rule as king and as vulnerable he is lets his advisors basicly rule for him. If king edward has no offspring then that would mean mary then elizabeth are inline for the throne. king Edward dies a few yrs later and Mary the woman who hates Elizabeth the most is put on the throne. Mary is cruel and unruley to Elizabeth doing whatever she can to make sure elizabeth will never rule even faking two pregnacy's she even keeps Elizabeth prisoner for a long period of time. Finally Mary dies. Elizabeth rules as a worthy queen and never marries.

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Summary: Elizabeth or Mary?
Review: Beware, Princess Elizabeth is an excellent book! Carolyn Meyer writes wonderful historical fiction and I couldn't put this book down. I have read Mary, Bloody Mary also and it is a great book as well. But my mind always comes back to the same question: Mary or Elizabeth? Which one is the greater, better sister? Was Mary really as horrible as Elizabeth made her out to be? In all I've read of this time period I've always liked Elizabeth better. But in Mary, Bloody Mary, Mary seems almost...kind. She went through a lot to come to the conclusion that she would never like Elizabeth. I think that Mary wasn't horrible when she was a young girl and a young lady as shown in Mary,Bloody Mary but that her hatred of Elizabeth and her horrid treatment of Protestants was a developed characteristic. I believe that I will always like Elizabeth more. However, I feel that one should read each book and come to ones own conclusion of this question: Mary or Elizabeth?

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Summary: Astoundingly well written
Review: Beware, Princess Elizabeth is an excellent read and I recommend it to anyone who has read the Royal Diaries.
This book is about Princess Elizabeth right after her father, King Henry, died. Her sister, Princess Mary, becomes the Queen. Mary then attempts to cleanse England of Protestant believers so England will become a Catholic nation. Princess Elizabeth--a Protestant--must pretend to convert so that she can escape the wrath of her sister, nicknamed "Bloody Mary," for the violent way she treated the people who would not convert.
I really enjoyed this book because Carolyn Meyer does an astounding job in making the characters seem real, describing the scene, and making you feel what Elizabeth is feeling.
I also highly reccomend the book Mary, Bloody Mary, to anyone interested in learning about Princess Mary's childhood. It is a great companion to Beware, Princess Elizabeth.

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Summary: An Enchanting Tale
Review: For quite some time, the works of Carolyn Meyer have amazed me. Beware, Princess Elizabeth is one of my favorite, perfectly dipicting life during the turbulant reigns of her siblings Edward and Mary. Carolyn Meyer gives us insight into both points of views with her other story, just as amazing, Mary, Bloody Mary. If you are thinking about buying this book, I would strongly recommend it!

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Summary: Enjoyable & informative
Review: I enjoyed this book completely. It was a wonderful, quick way to learn about the young royal who would become Queen Elizabeth I. It becomes so much easier to remember her relations to other royals and what happened in her life when they appear as characters and situations in a fast-moving story. Her sister Queen Mary really comes to life, for example. The historical setting was brought to life beautifully as well - for example, the way the royals had to keep moving from one household to another because the houses would become too filthy to keep living in. It's easy for us to forget in modern times what life was like so long ago, even for a princess. It's one thing if a textbook tells you; it's another when it's part of a fiction setting. This was extremely well written. I recommend it to all.