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Article: Yolen, Jane & Harris, Robert J. Queen's own fool, a novel of Mary Queen of Scots.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
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- March 1, 2002
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Penguin, Puffin. 390p. c2000. 0-698-119184. $7.99. JS*
To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2000:
To be frank, most of my knowledge of the historical period this book covers comes from two films: Elizabeth and Queen Margot. The same scheming royal families are featured in Queen's Own Fool and the two films: there are murders galore, sexual scandals, religious wars, bloody executions, gorgeous and powerful women, loyal courtiers. The length--almost 400 pages of this drama--is unusual in a YA book, but welcome. The narrator is a little-known historical figure: Nicola, Queen Mary's own fool. The story begins as Nicola, an orphan, is ...