Young Royals

Young Royals

Young Royals is a series of novels for children by Carolyn Meyer based on the early lives of multiple royalties such as English and French royalty. Books in the series mostly include the English Tudors such as Mary, Bloody Mary (1999), Beware, Princess Elizabeth (2001), Doomed Queen Anne (2002) and Patience, Princess Catherine (2004). The French books are Duchessina (2007) about the life of Catherine de' Medici and The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette (2010). The latest books in the series are Cleopatra Confesses (2011) about Cleopatra who however is an adult, The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots (2012) and the English Victoria Rebels (2013) about Queen Victoria. Each book mostly features inside-looks at what the lives of each girl would have been like, including daily routine, protocol, out-of-the-ordinary experiences, and first-hand views of the lives of the people surrounding each of them. Each book portrays one character as a villain, whereas in a different book that same character is the heroine. The portrayal of each royal is biased according to the position of the observing royal and it provides an interesting window into the life of royalty.

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