![]() In this children’s book, we get a very good look at the way power can corrupt even the best of people.Īs with many of the royal personages, there are some unfortunate turns of the wheel - beheadings, imprisonment, and more. At the same time, it’s not really the details that we want our children to carry forward rather, history is about understanding the human predicament, and what motivates the actions of leaders. ![]() As with all historical fiction, it is sometimes difficult to know how much is real and how much has been added by the author. It makes me feel as if I am watching history unfold. Personally, I love reading historical fiction when it is packaged in a children’s book that is told from the first person point of view. In a very real and dynamic way, we as readers get to understand the Tudor family that once ruled Britain. In Beware, Princess Elizabeth, we have a great children’s book that does just that. ![]() ![]() One of the principles of Waldorf education is that students learn history through biography, so that the history comes alive. And because she had triumphed, I was next! This was the moment, standing in the knot garden, when I realized that someday I, too, would become queen of England…” ![]()
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