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| Author | : Kristiana Gregory |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2016-07-17 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781533664228 |
The 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. Originally published in The Royal Diaries series for Scholastic.
| Author | : Kristiana Gregory |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Diaries |
| ISBN | : 9780439253857 |
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.
| Author | : Carolyn Meyer |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780439249768 |
Carolyn Meyer, author of best-selling ROYAL DIARIES Isabel and Anastasia, now brings to the series this compelling story of Kristina, The Girl King, from 17th-century Sweden. Upon discovering that their newborn infant was, in fact, female and not male as first thought, Queen Marie Eleonore wailed inconsolably and King Gustavus Adolphus declared, nevertheless, that the child be raised as a prince. At age six, upon the death of her father, the child Kristina, was proclaimed King of Sweden, with regents assigned to council until she assumes the throne at age eighteen. And indeed, her life followed her father's plan. We meet Kristina when she's almost twelve years old and eschewing feminine practices but reveling in the study of military tactics,
| Author | : Barry Denenberg |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780439266444 |
Author Barry Denenberg introduces us to a nineteenth-century Bavarian princess named Elisabeth who at age fifteen is engaged to the emperor of Austria and is swept into an unfamiliar world. Author Barry Denenberg brings us into the whirlwind that is the life of Princess Elisabeth of Austria. A free and impetuous spirit, Elisabeth was chosen at the tender age of fifteen (over her older sister) to be the wife of Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria. From that moment on, she is thrown into an intimidating world of restrictions and tremendous responsibilities. Feeling lonely and alienated, Elisabeth is forced to rely upon her own personal strength, which is what eventually leads her down the aisle and into an uncertain future.
| Author | : Kathryn Lasky |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2013-11-26 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0545315638 |
Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's MARIE ANTOINETTE is back in print with a gorgeous new package! To forge an incredibly powerful political alliance, thirteen-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria is betrothed to Dauphin Louis Auguste, who will one day be the king of France. To prepare the princess for becoming queen, she must be trained to write, read, speak French, dress, act . . . even breathe. Things become more difficult for her when she is separated from her family and sent to the court of Versailles to meet her future husband. Opinionated and headstrong Marie Antoinette must find a way to fit in at the royal court, and get along with her fiance. The future of Austria and France falls upon her shoulders. But as she lives a luxurious life inside the palace gates, out on the streets the people of France face hunger and poverty. Through the pages of her diary, Marie captures the isolation, the lavish parties and gowns, her struggle to find her place, and the years leading up her ascendance of the throne . . . and a revolution.
| Author | : Kimberly Brubaker Bradley |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2009-09-15 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1416985832 |
This vivid portrait of France on the eve of the Revolution is also a touching tale of two friends torn apart by class and the powerful political force of democratic freedom.
| Author | : Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 390 |
| Release | : 1914 |
| Genre | : Russia |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Kathryn Lasky |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Diary fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781415572177 |
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.
| Author | : Carolyn Meyer |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2013-10-29 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0545576342 |
Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer's ANASTASIA is back in print with a gorgeous new package! Anastasia is the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia. Anastasia is used to a life of luxury; her major concerns are how to get out of her detested schoolwork to play in the snow, go ice-skating, or have picnics. She wears diamonds and rubies, and every morning her mother, the princess, tells her which matching outfit she and her three sisters shall wear that day. It's a fairy tale life -- until everything changes with the outbreak of war between Russia and Germany. As Russia enters WWI, hunger and poverty grows among the peasants, and soon they are not pleased with their ruler. While the czar is trying win a war and save their country, the country is turning on the royal family. When her father and the rest of the family are imprisoned by the Bolsheviks, suddenly Anastasia understands what this war is costing the people. In the pages of her diary, Anastasia chronicles the wealth and luxury of her royal days, as well as the fall from power, and her uncertain fate.
| Author | : Patricia Clark Smith |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Press |
| Total Pages | : 203 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780439129107 |
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.
