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Assassin

by Grace Cavendish, Patricia Finney · 2004

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Spring 1569. Narrator Lady Grace, 13, youngest lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I, chooses between three suitors at a glittering ball. But murder descends on the Tudor court. Grace must use her intelligence, stealth, curious nature, and best friends - laundrymaid Ellie, acrobat Masou - to solve the threat to their Queen.

Genre
historical fictionmedievalTudorBritish mysterymystery
Themes
childhoodmurderroyalty
Setting
TudormedievalBritishEngland
Subject
history
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 194 pages
Form
diary

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