The plot to kill a queen, a royal spy story in three acts, also including the Princess saves the cakes, a one act play to perform with a company of friends, Deborah Hopkinson
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The plot to kill a queen, a royal spy story in three acts, also including the Princess saves the cakes, a one act play to perform with a company of friends, Deborah Hopkinson
Language
eng
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illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 8-12, Scholastic PressGrades 4-6, Scholastic Press
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The plot to kill a queen
Responsibility statement
Deborah Hopkinson
Sub title
a royal spy story in three acts, also including the Princess saves the cakes, a one act play to perform with a company of friends
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
Target audience
pre adolescent
Creator
Subject
- Spy stories
- Juvenile works
- I, Elizabeth, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Juvenile fiction
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 -- Juvenile fiction
- Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1532-1590 -- Juvenile fiction
- Spies -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1532-1590 -- Fiction
- History
- Historical fiction
- Lutenists -- Juvenile fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Juvenile fiction
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 -- Fiction
- 1500-1603
- Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction
- Lutenists -- Fiction
- Spy fiction
- Conspiracies -- Fiction
- Conspiracies -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century -- Juvenile fiction
- I, Elizabeth, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Fiction
- Assassination -- Fiction
- Assassination -- Juvenile fiction
Content
Author
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification2
- Creator1
- Genre5
- Subject22
- Spy stories
- Juvenile works
- I, Elizabeth, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Juvenile fiction
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 -- Juvenile fiction
- Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1532-1590 -- Juvenile fiction
- Spies -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1532-1590 -- Fiction
- History
- Historical fiction
- Lutenists -- Juvenile fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Juvenile fiction
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 -- Fiction
- 1500-1603
- Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction
- Lutenists -- Fiction
- Spy fiction
- Conspiracies -- Fiction
- Conspiracies -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century -- Juvenile fiction
- I, Elizabeth, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Fiction
- Assassination -- Fiction
- Assassination -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Author1