Queen's Own Fool: A Novel of Mary Queen of Scots
by Robert Harris Author, Jane Yolen Author
When twelve-year-old Nicola leaves Troupe Brufort and serves as the fool for Mary, Queen of Scots, she experiences the political and religious upheavals in both France and Scotland.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0698119185
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 49
- Pages
- 400
- Suggested Grades
- 7th - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- France, Scotland
- Historical Setting
- 1559 - 1559
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Copyright
- 2001
Chapters
- 1 Rheims
- 2 In the Palace
- 3 Great Hall
- 4 Performance
- 5 The Garden
- 6 Farewells
- 7 The Bath
- 8 Mass
- 9 Wit
- 10 Lessons
- 11 More Lessons
- 12 The Chess Game
- 13 The Garden at Amboise
- 14 La Renaudie
- 15 Death of a King
- 16 Decisions
- 17 Across the Water
- 18 Landing at Leith
- 19 Mass and Mob
- 20 The Black Crow
- 21 Angels and Imps
- 22 A Friend at Last
- 23 The Marriage Race
- 24 Prince Charming
- 25 A Husband for the Queen
- 26 Disaster
- 27 Wedding Meats
- 28 Spilling Good Wine
- 29 Murder
- 30 Gambit
- 31 Escape
- 32 Apparition
- 33 A Wee Lad
- 34 Illness
- 35 Kirk O'Field
- 36 Death in the Night
- 37 Refuge
- 38 Safety
- 39 Trial at the Tolbooth
- 40 Castle Seton
- 41 Plans
- 42 Mouse and Lion
- 43 Island Prison
- 44 Winter Prison
- 45 A Minute from Freedom
- 46 Another Plan
- 47 May Day Feast
- 48 Over the Grey Water
- 49 Partings
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Reviewed by Parent/Teacher
This is a great book for "living" the events surrounding Mary Queen of Scots; however, I would not recommend that you allow your boys to read it independently. For example, the way the author describes Nicola's thoughts and actions when she takes her first hot bath could cause some mental-purity struggles to a male reader. Of course, if you were to read it aloud together, you could edit as you go.