Carolyn Meyer

Beware, Princess Elizabeth


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      Beware, Princess Elizabeth

      Carolyn Meyer

       Copyright

      Beware, Princess Elizabeth is a work of fiction based on historical figures and events. Some details have been altered to enhance the story.

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsChildren’s Books 2003

      First published in the USA by Harcourt Brace & Company 1999

      © Carolyn Meyer 1999

      Carolyn Meyer asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007150304

      Ebook Edition © MAY 2010 ISBN: 9780007389445

      Version: 2016-08-11

      For Elizabeth Van Doren – inspiration, archeditor, and friend

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

       CHAPTER FIVE King Edward’s Court

       CHAPTER SIX The Dying King

       CHAPTER SEVEN Two Queens

       CHAPTER EIGHT Queen Mary

       CHAPTER NINE The Queen in Love

       CHAPTER TEN Rebellion and Treachery

       CHAPTER ELEVEN The Tower

       CHAPTER TWELVE Elizabeth, Prisoner

       CHAPTER THIRTEEN Lady Bess

       CHAPTER FOURTEEN Waiting

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN King Philip’s Departure

       CHAPTER SIXTEEN Hatfield

       CHAPTER SEVENTEEN King Philip’s Return

       CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Death of the Queen

       Historical Note

       By the same author

       About the Publisher

       The Tudors

      The Tudors

       Prologue

      Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England 17

      November 1558

      THERE WAS A TIME, long ago, that I loved my sister. There may have been a time that Mary loved me. But that all changed. It had to, given who we were: the daughters of Henry VIII. Our father at times adored us but often shunned us and occasionally nearly forgot us. We were not the sons he desired.

      Worse: I am the daughter of the woman Mary hated most in the world. She never forgave me for who my mother was: Anne Boleyn, who took the place of Mary’s mother as queen.

      When I was born Mary was forced to be my servant – not an easy thing for a proud young woman of seventeen. How she must have loathed that! But then, before I reached my third birthday, my mother was dead, her execution ordered by my own father – and Mary’s.

      Yet, in spite of all, it seemed for a time that Mary was truly fond of me – before she turned bitter, before she recognised that we were enemies.

      My path to the throne has been long and fraught with peril. Now I am ready to follow in the footsteps of my father, England’s greatest king. Mary, who hindered me at every turn, will soon be forgotten. But I promise you, history will remember me, Elizabeth, not for who my father was, or my mother or my sister, but for myself.