Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769 (The Royal Diaries)
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769 (The Royal Diaries)

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0545315638

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Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's MARIE ANTOINETTE is back in print with a gorgeous new package! To forge an incredibly powerful political alliance, thirteen-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria is betrothed to Dauphin Louis Auguste, who will one day be the king of France. To prepare the princess for becoming queen, she must be trained to write, read, speak French, dress, act . . . even breathe. Things become more difficult for her when she is separated from her family and sent to the court of Versailles to meet her future husband. Opinionated and headstrong Marie Antoinette must find a way to fit in at the royal court, and get along with her fiance. The future of Austria and France falls upon her shoulders. But as she lives a luxurious life inside the palace gates, out on the streets the people of France face hunger and poverty. Through the pages of her diary, Marie captures the isolation, the lavish parties and gowns, her struggle to find her place, and the years leading up her ascendance of the throne . . . and a revolution.

Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor
Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780590684842

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In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health.

Sŏndŏk, Princess of the Moon and Stars
Sŏndŏk, Princess of the Moon and Stars

Author: Sheri Holman

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780439165860

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THE ROYAL DIARIES is pleased to introduce historical novelist, Sheri Holman, who makes her debut on the list with a captivating story of fourteen-year-old Princess Sondok from seventh-century Korea. During the seventh-century, the land which is now Korea was fraught with political and religious intrigue. The country was split into Three Kingdoms, each fighting for supremacy: Silla, Koguryo, and Paekche. Besides the warring kingdoms, there are three religions in conflict: Shamanism, the ancient female-dominated faith wherein Shamanist priestesses wield great power at court, foretelling the future, performing important national rituals, and healing sickness; Buddhism, the contemplative State religion; and Confucianism, a recent import from powerful China.

Eleanor
Eleanor

Author: Kristiana Gregory

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780439164849

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Mischievous and daring, a young princess ascends to new heights after a life of trials and tribulations.

Isabel
Isabel

Author: Carolyn Meyer

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780439078054

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While waiting anxiously for others to choose a husband for her, Isabella, the future Queen of Spain, keeps a diary account of her life as a member of the royal family.

Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914

Author: Carolyn Meyer

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2013-10-29

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 0545576342

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Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer's ANASTASIA is back in print with a gorgeous new package! Anastasia is the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia. Anastasia is used to a life of luxury; her major concerns are how to get out of her detested schoolwork to play in the snow, go ice-skating, or have picnics. She wears diamonds and rubies, and every morning her mother, the princess, tells her which matching outfit she and her three sisters shall wear that day. It's a fairy tale life -- until everything changes with the outbreak of war between Russia and Germany. As Russia enters WWI, hunger and poverty grows among the peasants, and soon they are not pleased with their ruler. While the czar is trying win a war and save their country, the country is turning on the royal family. When her father and the rest of the family are imprisoned by the Bolsheviks, suddenly Anastasia understands what this war is costing the people. In the pages of her diary, Anastasia chronicles the wealth and luxury of her royal days, as well as the fall from power, and her uncertain fate.

Jahanara, Princess of Princesses
Jahanara, Princess of Princesses

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780439223508

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Written by a Newbery Honor-winning author, this is the story of a princess who longs for freedom. Jahanara is the daughter of a rich emperor in India. While she is showered with many riches, she is also confined by her strict religion and the rules of the palace.

Kristina, the Girl King
Kristina, the Girl King

Author: Carolyn Meyer

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780439249768

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Carolyn Meyer, author of best-selling ROYAL DIARIES Isabel and Anastasia, now brings to the series this compelling story of Kristina, The Girl King, from 17th-century Sweden. Upon discovering that their newborn infant was, in fact, female and not male as first thought, Queen Marie Eleonore wailed inconsolably and King Gustavus Adolphus declared, nevertheless, that the child be raised as a prince. At age six, upon the death of her father, the child Kristina, was proclaimed King of Sweden, with regents assigned to council until she assumes the throne at age eighteen. And indeed, her life followed her father's plan. We meet Kristina when she's almost twelve years old and eschewing feminine practices but reveling in the study of military tactics,

Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile
Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile

Author: Kristiana Gregory

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780590819756

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While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, 12-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.