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The Wild Queen by Carolyn Meyer

The Wild Queen

The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots

Carolyn Meyer

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 18, 2013

The scandalous and tragic life of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Who it’s for
Mary, Queen of Scots’ rise and peril make for an intimate, high-stakes slice of royal history.
Genres
Renaissance YA, Royalty Stories for Teens, Historical YA Romance
Published
HarperCollins, June 18, 2013

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About this book

The scandalous and tragic life of Mary, Queen of Scots. Read her incredible story before seeing the major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie! Mary Stuart was just five years old when she was sent to France to be raised alongside her future husband.

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But when the frail young king dies, eighteen-year-old Mary is stripped of her title as Queen of France and set adrift in the harsh world, alone.Determined to reign over what is rightfully hers, Mary returns to Scotland. Hoping that a husband will help her secure the coveted English throne, she marries again, but the love and security she longs for elude her. Instead, the fiery young queen finds herself embroiled in a murder scandal that could cost her the crown. And her attempts to bargain with her formidable “sister queen,” Elizabeth I of England, could cost her her very life.

Crowns and Consequences

Mary, Queen of Scots’ rise and peril make for an intimate, high-stakes slice of royal history.

Come here for

  • A young queen caught between crowns, marriage, and survival
  • Royal history with personal stakes and political peril

Expect

  • Longing for security set against the struggle to hold a crown
  • A murder scandal and tense bargaining with Elizabeth I

Where it sits

Historical YA Romance74%
Royalty Stories for Teens72%
Renaissance YA50%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Fiction
  • YA Biographical Fiction
  • YA Blended Family Stories
  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
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  • Historical YA - Europe
  • Medieval YA
  • Renaissance YA
  • Indigenous Voices for Teens
Authors
Carolyn Meyer
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
June 18, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
YA Fiction