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Appleton, Susanna, Lady (Fictitious character) Fiction Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Fiction Herbalists Fiction I, Queen of England Elizabeth 1533-1603 Fiction London (England) History 16th century Fiction Nobility Fiction Queen of Scots Mary 1542-1587 Fiction Queens Fiction Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Fiction Women detectives England FictionHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and discover who is responsible for the plot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOPGregory, Philippa.
Summary: Presents a tale inspired by the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in a work that follows the doomed monarch's long imprisonment in the household of the Earl of Shrewsbury and his spying wife, Bess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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Summary: This dazzling novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the guest of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GreEmerson, Kathy Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perserverance Press/John Daniel & Co. 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EMEMaxwell, Robin
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAXPlaidy, Jean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1971
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAErickson, Carolly
Summary: The courageous, spirited Mary Queen of Scots tells her own story--from her youth as a young girl married to the invalid young King of France to her short reign as Queen of Scotland and her tragic imprisonment by her ruthless, merciless cousin Queen Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERIParris, S. J.
Summary: When several of the queen's maids of honor are found dead, rumors of black magic abound. Elizabeth calls upon her personal astrologer, John Dee, and Giordano Bruno to solve the crimes. While Dee turns to a mysterious medium claiming knowledge of the murders, Bruno fears that something far more sinister is at work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAREmerson, Kathy Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EMEEmerson, Kathy Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EMEBuckley, Fiona.
Summary: Ursula, traveling to the Netherlands to escort her foster daughter to meet her suitor, also investigates whether or not a wealthy Italian banker is plotting to put Mary, Queen of Scots on the English throne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCEmerson, Kathy Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EMEBuckley, Fiona.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2000
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Summary: "Mistress Mary Shelton is Queen Elizabeth's favorite ward, enjoying every privilege the position affords. The queen loves Mary like a daughter, and, like any good mother, she wants her to make a powerful match. The most likely prospect: Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. But while Oxford seems to be everything the queen admires: clever, polished and wealthy, Mary knows him to be lecherous, cruel,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
Summary: Celebrating the yuletide with feasts, wassailing, mummer performances, and mistletoe, the young queen and her court are challenged to identify who among them is a would-be murderer who is targeting the throne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARBrandreth, Benet
Summary: Venice, 1586.William Shakespeare is disguised as a steward to the English Ambassador. He and his actor friends, Oldcastle and Hemming, possess a deadly secret: the names of the Catholic spies in England who seek to destroy Queen Elizabeth. Before long the Popes agents begin to close in on them, so fleeing the city is the players only option.In Verona, Aemelia, the daughter of a Duke, is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRABagwell, Gillian.
Summary: Twelve years old when she enters the court of King Henry VII, where she is plunged into a world of politics and intrigue, Bess of Hardwick eventually discovers that, for a woman of substance, power and possibility are endless.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAGMiles, Rosalind.
Summary: A fictional autobiography of Elizabeth I of England combines historical accuracy with insightful character studies to provide a picture of the world in 1600.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILByrd, Sandra.
Summary: In 1565, seventeen-year-old Elin von Snakenborg leaves Sweden on a treacherous journey to England. Her fiance has fallen in love with her sister and her dowry money has been gambled away, but ahead of her lies an adventure that will take her to the dizzying heights of Tudor power. Transformed through marriage into Helena, the Marchioness of Northampton, she becomes the highest-ranking woman in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BYRHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
Summary: The invention of starch has a profound influence on the fashion styles of Elizabethan England, but the lucrative commodity also leads to the murder of the royal starcher, followed by the killings of two other women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHawke, Simon.
Summary: Out of work because of the plague, fledgling playwright Will Shakespeare and would-be thespian Symington Smythe become involved in the murder of a wealthy merchant trader by a young craftsman, a situation that inspires a new play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAWChisholm, P. F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHIChisholm, P. F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2000