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Queen's own fool

a novel of Mary Queen of Scots

by Jane Yolen, Robert J. Harris

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When twelve-year-old Nicola leaves Troupe Brufort and serves as the fool for Mary, Queen of Scots, she experiences the political and religious upheavals in both France and Scotland.

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