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1) Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile

Author

Gregory, Kristiana

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

Author

Lasky, Kathryn

3) Anastasia, the last Grand Duchess

Author

Meyer, Carolyn

Series

Royal diaries

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

Description

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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: jewel of Castilla

Author

Meyer, Carolyn

Series

Royal diaries

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

Description

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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

Author

Lasky, Kathryn

Series

Royal diaries

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

Description

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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

Author

McKissack, Pat

7) Kaiulani: the people's princess

Author

White, Ellen Emerson

8) Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South

Author

Yep, Laurence

Series

Royal diaries

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

Description

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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

Author

Kirwan, Anna

10) Eleanor of Aquitaine

Author

Gregory, Kristiana

11) Jahanara, Princess of Princesses

Author

Lasky, Kathryn

Series

Royal diaries

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

Description

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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

Author

Lasky, Kathryn

13) Sondok, princess of the moon and stars

Author

Holman, Sheri

14) Elisabeth of Austria: the princess bride

Author

Denenberg, Barry

15) Kristina, the girl king: [Sweden, 1638]

Author

Meyer, Carolyn

Series

Royal diaries

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

Description

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A novel in diary form about Kristina, the young queen of Sweden.

16) Weetamoo, chief of the Pocassets

Author

Smith, Patricia Clark

Series

Royal diaries

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

Description

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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

Author

Lasky, Kathryn

Series

Royal diaries

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

Description

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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

Author

Kirwan, Anna

19) Anacaona, Golden Flower

Author

Danticat, Edwidge

Series

Royal diaries

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

Description

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Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps a record of her life as a possible successor to the supreme chief of Xaragua, as wife of the chief of Maguana, and as a warrior battling the first white men to arrive in the West Indies, ravenous for gold.

20) Catherine: the great journey

Author

Gregory, Kristiana