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Author:
Harper, Karen (Karen S.)
Title:
The queen's governess / Karen Harper.
Publisher:
New American Library,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
376 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Astley, Katherine,--d. 1565--Fiction.
Elizabeth--I,--Queen of England,--1533-1603--Fiction.
Governesses--England--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Notes:
Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions and a conversation with the author (p. [359]-[368]) and an excerpt from Harper's Mistress of mourning (p. [369]-376)
Summary:
Katherine Ashley, the daughter of a poor country squire, happily secures an education and a place for herself in the Tudor court of Henry VIII. As a dying favor to the doomed Anne Boleyn, Kat becomes governess and surrogate-mother to the young Elizabeth Tudor ... ultimately emerging as the lifelong confidante to Queen Elizabeth I.
ISBN:
0451232062
9780451232069
OCLC:
(OCoLC)679930652
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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