The queen's fool, a novel, Philippa Gregory. --
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The queen's fool, a novel, Philippa Gregory. --
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-502)
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The queen's fool
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
940560
Responsibility statement
Philippa Gregory. --
Sub title
a novel
Summary
In the sixteenth century, Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, flees Spain with her father because of the Inquisition and is ultimately adopted by Robert Dudley, son of King Edward's protector. She is brought to court as a fool for Queen Mary and then Queen Elizabeth and eventually she has to choose between life as a commoner and becoming entangled in the life of the royal family
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Kings and rulers + Succession -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558 -- Fiction
- Jewish families -- Fiction
- Jewish girls -- Fiction
- I, Elizabeth, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553 -- Fiction
- Jewish fiction
- I, Mary, Queen of England, 1516-1558 -- Fiction
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- Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Kings and rulers + Succession -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558 -- Fiction
- Jewish families -- Fiction
- Jewish girls -- Fiction
- I, Elizabeth, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553 -- Fiction
- Jewish fiction
- I, Mary, Queen of England, 1516-1558 -- Fiction
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