The Redheaded Princess

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In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.

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Ann Rinaldi submitted by Jacy on June 16, 2013, 6:10pm Ann Rinaldi writes great historical fiction. This isn't her best work and I would say is written for younger ages than some of her other books

Well-written submitted by jfogart on August 14, 2014, 1:04pm Ann Rinaldi draws you in every time even if you know what's going to happen to the main character. Interesting to read with Rinaldi's other book "Nine Days a Queen."

Despite having left my teen years far behind, Rinaldi does a superb job of capturing female adolescence and making her characters easy to relate to and likable.

This wasn't my favorite, but was an interesting take on a well known historical figure. I prefer her other novels where she focuses on a fictional character who represents what a typical person may have experienced during a well document historical period. I also really like how she explains what was fact and fiction at the end of her novels in terms of actions taken by the characters or events they experienced.