Elizabethan Era Books

Here are some books that are set in or around the time of Queen Elizabeth I.

A Murder for Her Majesty

Hilgartner, Beth

Alice Tuckfield is eleven years old. She is also an orphan. When her father is suddenly murdered by men posing as agents from the queen, Alice escapes to York. Her father had told her that should anything happen to him, she should go to the city of York and find Lady Jenny at Chellisford Hall. Once in York, Alice finds herself desperately lost. She accidentally runs into a couple choirboys, who give her food and shelter. Then one of them, Geoffrey, decides to disguise Alice as a boy, and to have her sing in the cathedral choir.

ISBN: 0395414512

Stink Alley

Gilson, Jamie

Orphaned Lizzy Tinker is a Pilgrim in Leiden, Holland in 1614. She and her parents escaped from Scrooby, England in 1608. Now her parents are dead and she has been taken in by Master William Brewster, who lives in Stink Alley. Then Lizzy gets a kitchen job in the house of a prosperous miller. One her first day of work she meets the son of the miller. He won’t tell Lizzy his name, and he tricks her into riding on one of the sails on the windmill that runs his father’s mill. Master Brewster isn’t to happy about it when he finds out what Lizzy did. Then Lizzy finds out that there are English spies in the city that want to find Master Brewster and take him back to England. Will Lizzy be able to save him? And who is the mysterious boy?

ISBN: 0688178642

The Lady Grace Mysteries

Finney, Burchett, Vogler

Assassin ISBN: 0385731515

Betrayal ISBN: 0385731523

Conspiracy ISBN: 0385731531

Deception ISBN: 0385733216

Exile ISBN: 0385733224

Fued ISBN: 0385733232

Gold ISBN: 0385608527

Haunted ISBN: 0385608535

Grace Cavendish is a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth the First. She has a love for mysteries, and after she solves several cases the Queen asks her to be her own Lady Pursuivant or her private investigator. * Note: Assassin, Betrayal, Conspiracy, and Fued are written by Patricia Finney. Deception, Exile Gold and Haunted are written by Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler.

I found this series to be very good. I would recommend them for ages 12 and up. To read more about them click here.