The Queen's Fool

Description:

Henry VIII is dead, succeeded by his only legitimate son, nine year old Edward VI. Too young to rule, the realm is governed by a Regency Council, led by his uncle, Edward Seymour. Edward has continued his father's reformation of the church and Protestantism is becoming established, however England is still unsettled with rioting and rebellions common. Edward was close to and well loved by both of his half-sisters: the Catholic Princess Mary, daughter of Katherine of Aragon and the Protestant Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the executed Anne Boleyn. However he and his advisors were concerned that should he die without issue, his sister Princess Mary would return the country to Catholicism.

subjects: Fiction,  History,  Jewish families,  Jewish girls,  Kings and rulers,  Succession,  Jewish fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Great britain, fiction,  Elizabeth i, queen of england, 1533-1603, fiction,  Jews, fiction,  Fiction, jewish

People: Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603),  Mary I Queen of England (1516-1558),  Robert Dudley Leicester earl of (1532?-1588)

Places: Great Britain

Times: Edward VI, 1547-1553,  Mary I, 1553-1558