Books for gifted children from Royal Fireworks Press, publishers for the gifted education curriculum.

A Will of Her Own

Novel

This is a fascinating story of intrigue and murder set in murky 16th century London where a young man named Luke makes friends with a young actor/playwright named Will Shakespeare. But Luke really is fifteen-year old Lady Lucinda, a young woman who has disguised herself as a boy so she can act in a play. Only males were allowed to act in plays in Elizabethan England. As a boy however, Lucy finds herself fighting off assailants and even getting involved in a duel. Together Luke and Will have a series of adventures that that lead to uncovering and foiling a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.

As Lady Lucinda, she is a dutiful daughter of a lord and no one suspects her double life. As she explains to Will Shakespeare: it is her brother who has all the fun; she leads a very sheltered, dull life.

An exciting and unusual story with great background detail.

In a review of this book, Professor Peter Huggins, Auburn University, writes:
When well done, historical novels are great fun. A Will of Her Own is great fun…Sword play and word play abound, and the novel moves with the precision and suppleness of a fencing match…The plot turns on various cases of mistaken identity and deliciously echoes The Comedy of Errors, a device which enhances the fun…Fisher has made her first-person narrative convincing and believable. 
For the full review: http://www.writersforum.org/books/book.aspx?ID=62
 

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