tThe book Betrayal by Grace Cavendish is one book in the Lady Grace Mysteries. The main characters in the book are Grace, Sarah, and Mary. They are all Maid of Honors to the Queen Elizabeth, and stay in the palace with the queen. The story is written as Graces day booke, in 1569, in Greenwich, England. It starts off a little boring, but then when Lady Sarah meets Captain Drake, they start to flirt and like each other. When Captain Drake is going to take off, everyone realizes that Sarah isn’t around. Grace and Mary think that they have eloped, but soon find out that is not the case. She has been kidnapped, and they think that it is by Drake, but then when Grace and her friend Masou, start to investigate, they find no sign of her on his ship. Then when they ended up getting locked on the ship, they find out who really took her. The things that they have to do to find her are crazy. They go through a lot adventures and even fights, just to find her.tThe author’s purpose for writing this book was to make the reader think about what friendship. I say this, because Grace and Sarah aren’t even that good of friends, and she risked a lot to save her. Also, about doing the right thing, Grace and Mary helped another friend of Graces, Ellie to get better when she was sick, and Grace didn’t have to go after her, but she did. Just because someone isn’t nice to you, or doesn’t always help you, is no reason to do the same to them. This book would help people who don’t understand the saying, “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” because there is so much bravery, and courtesy through out this book. I really liked this book, and would recommend it to anyone, but I don’t think that grown ups, For very mature teenagers, would find it intresting.
1. I decided to read it because it was a mystery book and it was related to England history, and I don’t know much about history so I thought it might tell me a bit.2. I found the character Queen Elizabeth interesting. Queen Elizabeth is the queen of England and she is quite close with Grace (the main character). I found her interesting because even though she was the queen and everyone assumed that she acted like a normal royal person, she knew that Grace was sneaking out and she didn’t tell anyone, which created a trust bond between both of them and I was surprised because usually the queens and royal people are portrayed as following rules and everyone has to be in order, so in this book the queen interested me because she wasn’t like the others in the royal family.3. I didn’t find a quote to use so I’m using an action instead. An interesting action that appealed to me was when Grace cut her hair shorter just so she could disguise herself as a boy to save Sarah from the pirates. I found this interesting because even though Grace didn’t like Sarah that much, she still cut her hair and risked her life to save her and that shows how caring Grace was to other people, even if she doesn’t even like them that much.4. This book made me think deeply about how people in the olden days in England lived so differently to how we do now. Especially the royalty because Grace had to adapt to living in a royal environment with rules and expectations, but she didn’t and the Queen kept her secret. Also how the slaves and workers were treated is much different and stricter to how it is today.By Lucy Harding
What do You think about Betrayal (2004)?
The mystery this time around wasn't as interesting as the previous, but seeing I read the third book already, I know the author gets better and better at it, so I look forward to the next volumes.This time around, they're on a ship, trying to find what happened to Lady Sarah. It ends up being less a mystery and more an adventure, but I still liked the care and work that went into crafting both the adventures and giving information about Francis Drake and life aboard a ship.Still, I think I can read the next book today...
—Lady Entropy
This series of books is very cleverly constructed. The titles progress by the letters of the alphabet as well as by theme. Another feature i found fantastic and have noted in a few other books is the glossary at the end of each book. I think this is a great way for a book to be educational and entertaining. I cannot recall how many times I question what a word means and then never get around to looking it up. Whereas, these books are classified as children's literature, I found them to be very entertaining and well written. The plots are original, the writing clever and concise, and the characters well developed.
—Sarah Richards
I love the Grace Cavendish mysteries! They may be children's books, but they are well written, have likeable characters, and decent plots. I would highly recommend them to any child fan of mysteries or even those older who aren't too proud to be caught reading a children's book!Grace is quite happy being a maid of honour to Elizabeth I, but she longs to fulfill her role as Lady Pursuivant! So when it appears that Lady Sarah has gotten herself kidnapped by the dastardly Captain Drake, she and Masou are in for a wild ride on the high seas!
—Lady Knight
