Royal diaries

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Gregory, Kristiana
Lasky, Kathryn
Meyer, Carolyn, 1935
Meyer, Carolyn
McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017
White, Ellen Emerson
Yep, Laurence, 1948
Kirwan, Anna
Holman, Sheri
Denenberg, Barry
Smith, Patricia Clark
Danticat, Edwidge
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1. Cleopatra VII, daughter of the Nile

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While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-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.

2. Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor

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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.

3. Anastasia, the last Grand Duchess

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A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them.

4. Isabel I: jewel of Castilla

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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.

5. Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles

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In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France.

6. Nzingha, warrior queen of Matamba

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Presents the diary of thirteen-year-old Nzingha, a sixteenth-century West African princess who loves to hunt and hopes to lead her kingdom one day against the invasion of the Portuguese slave traders.

7. Kaiulani: the people's princess

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Follows the life of Victoria Kaiulani Cleghorn from 1889 to 1893 as she studies to be a better princess, even as Hawaii's monarchy, and her throne, are being undermined by American businessmen.

8. Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: warrior of the South

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In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.

9. Victoria, May blossom of Britannia

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In 1829, nine-year-old Victoria begins a journal chronicling her life as an English princess. Includes information on the reign, marriage, and family life of Queen Victoria and English civilization during that period.

10. Eleanor: crown jewel of Aquitaine

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The diary of Eleanor, first daughter of the duke of Aquitaine, from 1136 until 1137, when at age fifteen she becomes queen of France. Includes historical notes on her later life.

11. Jahanara: Princess of Princesses

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Beginning in 1627, Princess Jahanara, first daughter of Shah Jahan of India's Mogul Dynasty, writes in her diary about political intrigues, weddings, battles, and other experiences of her life. Includes historical notes on Jahanara's later life and on the Mogul Empire.

12. Mary, Queen of Scots: queen without a country

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Mary, the young Scottish queen, is sent a diary from her mother in which she records her experiences living at the court of France's King Henry II as she awaits her marriage to Henry's son, Francis.

13. Sondok, princess of the moon and stars

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In a series of messages placed in her grandmother's ancestral jar, a seventh century princess and future ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla vents her frustration at not being permitted to study astronomy because she is a girl.

14.  Elisabeth of Austria: the princess bride

 
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15. Kristina: the girl king

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Presents the fictionalized diary of the highly unconventional Kristina who became queen of Sweden in the seventeenth century.

16. Weetamoo, heart of the Pocassets

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The 1653-1654 diary of a fourteen-year-old Pocasset Indian girl, destined to become a leader of her tribe, describes how her life changes with the seasons, after a ritual fast she undertakes, and with her tribe's interaction with the English "Coat-men" of the nearby Plymouth Colony.

17. Kazunomiya: prisoner of heaven

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Princess Kazunomiya, half-sister of the Emperor of Japan, relates in her diary and in poems the confusing events occurring in the Imperial Palace in 1858, including political and romantic intrigue.

18. Lady of Palenque: flower of Bacal

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In 749, the Maya princess Green Jay, of the Kingdom of Bacal, writes in her diary about her arduous journey to Xukpip to meet King Fire Keeper, her future husband.

19.  Anacaona, Golden Flower

 
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20. Catherine: the great journey

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A fictional diary of Princess Sophie, later named Catherine, from 1743 until 1745, when at age fifteen she is married to her second cousin Peter, Grand Duke of Russia, who will one day be Emperor. Includes historical notes on her later life.