Nell Gould is the daughter of the royal butcher, a commoner, but she has been raised as the playmate of King Edward and Queen Elizabeth’s royal children: Princess Cecily, Princess Bess, Prince Dickon, and Prince Ned, heir apparent and Nell’s best and closest friend. They think alike, her and Ned, preferring books and jousts to finery and gossip and the sparkle of the court. But when King Edward dies, Prince Ned is imprisoned in the Tower of London by his scheming uncle, the evil Richard III–and Nell with him. Can they escape? Is Nell the key?
- ISBN: 9780823446070
- Published: 2021 , Holiday House
- Themes: Mysteries and detectives, Royalty, Strong female protagonist
- Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 256