The queen's dwarf : a novel
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New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2014.
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Published
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2014.
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Book
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viii, 372 pages ; 25 cm
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English

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"It's 1629, and King Charles I and his French queen Henrietta-Maria have reigned in England for less than three years. Young dwarf Jeffrey Hudson is swept away from a village shambles and plunged into the Stuart court when his father sells him to the most hated man in England--the Duke of Buckingham. Buckingham trains Jeffrey to be his spy in the household of Charles' seventeen-year-old bride, hoping to gain intelligence that will help him undermine the vivacious queen's influence with the king. Desperately homesick in a country that hates her for her nationality and Catholic faith, Henrietta-Maria surrounds herself with her "Royal Menagerie of Freaks and Curiosities of Nature"--a "collection" consisting of a giant, two other dwarves, a rope dancer, an acrobat/animal trainer and now Jeffrey, who is dubbed "Lord Minimus." Dropped into this family of misfits, Jeffrey must negotiate a labyrinth of court intrigue and his own increasingly divided loyalties. For not even the plotting of the Duke nor the dangers of a tumultuous kingdom can order the heart of a man. Though he is only eighteen inches tall, Jeffrey Hudson's love will reach far beyond his grasp--to the queen he has been sent to destroy. Full of vibrant period detail and with shades of Gregory Maguire's Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Philippa Gregory's The Queen's Fool, The Queen's Dwarf is a rich, thrilling and evocative portrait of an intriguing era"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Chase, E. M. (2014). The queen's dwarf: a novel . Thomas Dunne Books.

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Chase, Ella March. 2014. The Queen's Dwarf: A Novel. Thomas Dunne Books.

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Chase, Ella March. The Queen's Dwarf: A Novel Thomas Dunne Books, 2014.

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Chase, Ella March. The Queen's Dwarf: A Novel Thomas Dunne Books, 2014.

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