The Royal Diaries

The Royal Diaries is a spin-off of the historical fiction series, Dear America. The series was published by Scholastic, starting in 1999 with Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor and ending in 2005 with Catherine: The Great Journey. Three of The Royal Diaries books were adapted into films by HBO in 2000. It was briefly relaunched in 2013 with new editions of Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess and Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles. In 2016, Kristiana Gregory's Catherine: The Great Journey and Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine were republished with new covers.

Unlike Dear America, which focused only on girls living in America, The Royal Diaries featured girls of royalty from around the world. The series has covered several well known historical figures, such as Cleopatra VII, Marie Antoinette, Anastasia, and Elizabeth I, as well as the lesser known, Lady of Ch'iao Kuo, Sondok, Anacaona, and Nzingha.

The series was published in Spain as Diarias de Reinas y Princesas by Salamandra and in Poland as Pamiętniki Księżniczek by Świat Książki. Several of books have also been republished in Mon Histoire and the My Story spin-off, My Royal Story.

Series

Original

Cover	No.	Title	Author	Published	ISBN
	1	Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor	Kathryn Lasky	June 1999[1]	9780590684842
	2	Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile	Kristiana Gregory	September 1999[2]	9780590819756
	3	Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles	Kathryn Lasky	April 2000[3]	9780439076661
	4	Isabel: Jewel of Castilla	Carolyn Meyer	July 2000[4]	9780439078054
	5	Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess	Carolyn Meyer	September 2000[5]	9780439129084
	6	Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba	Patricia C. McKissack	September 2000[6]	9780439112109
	7	Kaiulani: The People's Princess	Ellen Emerson White	April 2001[7]	9780439129091
	8	Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South	Laurence Yep	September 2001[8]	9780439164832
	9	Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia	Anna Kirwan	November 2001[9]	9780439215985
	10	Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country	Kathryn Lasky	April 2002[10]	9780439194044
	11	Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars	Sheri Holman	June 2002[11]	9780439165860
	12	Jahanara: Princess of Princesses	Kathryn Lasky	September 2002[12]	9780439223508
	13	Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine	Kristiana Gregory	November 2002[13]	9780439164849
	14	Elisabeth: The Princess Bride	Barry Denenberg	April 2003[14]	9780439266444
	15	Kristina: The Girl King	Carolyn Meyer	May 2003[15]	9780439249768
	16	Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets	Patricia Clark Smith	September 2003[16]	9780439129107
	17	Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal	Anna Kirwan	April 2004[17]	9780439409711
	18	Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven	Kathryn Lasky	September 2004[18]	9780439164856
	19	Anacaona: Golden Flower	Edwidge Danticat	April 2005[19]	9780439499064
	20	Catherine: The Great Journey	Kristiana Gregory	December 2005[20]	9780439253857

Relaunch

Cover	No.	Title	Author	Published	ISBN
	1	Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess	Carolyn Meyer	October 2013[21]	9780545535786
	2	Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles	Kathryn Lasky	November 2013[22]	9780545315630

Adaptations

Main article: The Royal Diaries (films)

In 2000, three books in The Royal Diaries, Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, and Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, were made into television films and aired on HBO. They were released on video cassette and later on DVD in 2008.^[23]

References

See also

External links

• The Royal Diaries page at Scholastic Canada
• The Royal Diaries on Wikipedia