The Queene's Christmas (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 6) (original 2003; edition 2003)

by Karen Harper

Series: Elizabeth I Mysteries (6)

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Elizabethan England comes alive in all its pomp and pageantry, deadly intrigue and scandal-and fine feasting-in Karen Harper's acclaimed mystery series featuring the young queen, Elizabeth Tudor, as amateur sleuth. An old English Yule has never been merrier or more mysterious. A New Year's celebration has never looked more joyous but been so potentially deadly. Fearing the Twelve Days of Christmas of 1564 may be the last for her ailing, elderly friend, Lady Kat Ashley, Queen Elizabeth decrees a nostalgic, old-fashioned holiday. Delicious dishes for the table, holly and ivy, caroling, wassailing, mumming, and a Lord of Misrule to oversee it all are in the recipe for the revels. But one of the queen's kitchen staff is found as dead as the ornate peacock he was preparing for the feast. As more murders threaten customs, kingdom, and Christmas, Elizabeth and her diverse band of Privy Plot Counselors try desperately to solve the increasingly bizarre crimes. When the Thames freezes over and Londoners take to the ice for an elaborate Frost Fair. Elizabeth of England must outfox the diabolical demon who would kill not only the spirit of Christmas but the queen, inThe Queene's Christmas.… (more)

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Title:	The Queene's Christmas (Elizabeth I Mysteries, Book 6)
Authors:	Karen Harper
Info:	Minotaur Books (2003), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 320 pages
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This is part of Karen Harper's series with Elizabeth 1 solving mysteries with the help of friends.

Then, amidst all that, the queen saw bare feet dangling head high. She gasped as she gazed up at a bizarre body, a corpse, part man, part bird.

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Bagpuss | Jan 17, 2016 |

It has been a few years since I picked up this series. I am glad I got back to it though. The insights into Christmas at court in the time of Elizabeth I were quite detailed and added interest to the plot. I also enjoy anything to do with this colorful queen! I intend to finish reading the rest of the series. (

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LadyoftheLodge | Dec 20, 2014 |

Plot implausible and writing not that good; I keep it for the Elizabethan Christmas details. (

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ngelina | Dec 28, 2011 |

I love mysteries and Queen Elizabeth. I have read several in this series and this one was part of my Christmas reading this year. I enjoyed the recipes from the time period included at the beginning of each chapter that were later part of the story. Harper does a good job in capturing the time." (

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Elizabeth I, Queen of England

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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

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For my family, with whom I have shared many a happy Christmas, especially my mother, Margaret Kurtz, and husband, Don. And many more to come!

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I swear, Your Grace, that man will be the death of you yet!

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Elizabethan England comes alive in all its pomp and pageantry, deadly intrigue and scandal-and fine feasting-in Karen Harper's acclaimed mystery series featuring the young queen, Elizabeth Tudor, as amateur sleuth. An old English Yule has never been merrier or more mysterious. A New Year's celebration has never looked more joyous but been so potentially deadly. Fearing the Twelve Days of Christmas of 1564 may be the last for her ailing, elderly friend, Lady Kat Ashley, Queen Elizabeth decrees a nostalgic, old-fashioned holiday. Delicious dishes for the table, holly and ivy, caroling, wassailing, mumming, and a Lord of Misrule to oversee it all are in the recipe for the revels. But one of the queen's kitchen staff is found as dead as the ornate peacock he was preparing for the feast. As more murders threaten customs, kingdom, and Christmas, Elizabeth and her diverse band of Privy Plot Counselors try desperately to solve the increasingly bizarre crimes. When the Thames freezes over and Londoners take to the ice for an elaborate Frost Fair. Elizabeth of England must outfox the diabolical demon who would kill not only the spirit of Christmas but the queen, inThe Queene's Christmas.

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