Blogs in July 2025

Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136 2nd July 2025

Author of the best-selling Royal Diaries title, CLEOPATRA VII, Kristiana Gregory now takes readers to twelfth-century France and introduces Eleanor of Aquitaine, who becomes queen at age 15. Fourteen-year-old Eleanor of Aquitaine lives in a castle in Poitier, France,...

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Her Lisbon Colors 2nd July 2025

After losing a friend, 41-year-old project manager Darla Clarke questions her cautious choices. When she gets a surprise inheritance with a travel requirement, Darla abandons her spreadsheets for a sketchbook and heads to Portugal. ⁠ ⁠ Darla lands in...

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In Mozart’s Shadow: His Sister’s Story 2nd July 2025

Nannerl Mozart was a musical prodigy who seemed to have a brilliant future. But once her younger brother, Wolfgang, began composing symphonies at the age of five, her career and talents were utterly eclipsed. Here, at last, is Nannerl’s...

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Lady of Ch’iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, AD 531 2nd July 2025

The Royal Diaries proudly presents two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep, whose stunning diary of sixteen-year-old Lady of Ch’iao Kuo takes readers on a remarkable adventure to Southern China in the sixth century A.D. A born leader, Lady of...

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Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country 2nd July 2025

Mary is only nine months old when she is crowned Queen of Scotland succeeding her father King James V. Because of political conflicts, she is forced to be separated from her mother and her country from the age of...

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