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To Kill a Queen: An Elizabethan Girl's Diary 1583 -1586

by Valerie Wilding · 2005

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This is the diary of 12-year-old Kitty Lumsden, the daughter of Bloody Tower diarist, Tilly Middleton, who now lives with her family near the Thames, not far from her old Tower home. The drama is set against the historical backdrop of the Babington plot to end Elizabeth's life and put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne. But far from being innocent bystanders, the Lumsden family becomes intricately involved in a mass of secrets and spies...

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TudorTudorMore like thisLess of this16th century16th centuryMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisScotlandScotlandMore like thisLess of this
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childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
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short · 192 pages
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