After Edward's death (and a brief rule by the teenage Jane Gray) and Mary's coronation, Mary and Elizabeth's respective factions battled for the crown. Mary, daughter of the Spanish Catherine of Aragon, was staunchly Catholic, even though her father had broken England's ties with the Roman Church. Edward was sickly and all of Europe knew he would die young, leaving Mary to be queen. Younger brother Edward was in line to be king and did ascend while still a child, after Henry's death.
She lived in her own household far from her father and half-siblings. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed upon her father Henry VIII's order. THE REDHEADED PRINCESS starts when Elizabeth is just nine years old. Ann Rinaldi's latest novel seeks to remedy that by telling a simplified yet dynamic version of England's Elizabeth I's life before her ascension to the throne. Historical fiction, especially concerning European royalty, is a popular genre but generally too bloody, racy or complicated for young readers. Ann Rinaldi does admit at the end that this is indeed her own interpretation of Elizabeth's story and that there are probably more accurate accounts out there, but that her goal was to make a fun book about an interesting historical figure based on historical events. This is a good, fast-paced story told from Elizabeth's point of view. How is Elizabeth able to survive until 1558, the year she is finally able to accept the crown as her own? Mary gets so angry that she sends Elizabeth to the Tower because she won't bend to her will.
She gets along fine with Edward when he is king, but she and Mary but heads over religion when Mary is queen. Not only must she cope with that, she must also stay in her family's favor as time goes on. From the age of eleven she begins receiving requests from men for her hand in marriage.and we must remember that Elizabeth is third-not first-in line for the crown behind her siblings. After all, King Henry beheaded her mother! Watching her father's relationships with so many women, Elizabeth learns that marriage while on the throne only seems to complicate things and vows to remain single when she eventually becomes queen. Many people say that she is very much like her father this pleases her, but also makes her uneasy. Throughout her childhood she rarely visits her father at the palace. Instead, she lives as Lady Elizabeth, head of the household at Hatfield with her nanny. Although she is the daughter of King Henry VIII, she is not officially recognized as a princess because she, along with her other half-siblings Edward and Mary have fallen out of their father's favor. This story begins in England in the year 1542, when Elizabeth is nine years old.
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