02083cam a2200433 i 4500 1073325871 TxAuBib 20231212120000.0 230110s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023000509 9781338660586 hardcover $18.99 1338660586 hardcover $18.99 (OCoLC)1359047982 TxAuBib rda Hopkinson, Deborah, author. The plot to kill a queen : a royal spy story in three acts, also including the Princess saves the cakes, a one act play to perform with a company of friends / Deborah Hopkinson. First edition. New York : Scholastic Press, 2023. xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Plot to kill a queen -- Princess saves the cakes. In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and discover who is responsible for the plot. Ages 8-12. Scholastic Press. Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press. 20231212. Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1533-1603 Juvenile fiction. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 Juvenile fiction. Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1532-1590 Juvenile fiction. Lutenists Juvenile fiction. Assassination Juvenile fiction. Conspiracies Great Britain History 16th century Juvenile fiction. Spy stories. Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Juvenile fiction. Historical fiction. Spy fiction.