It's a sign that a boy is listening when he asks when reading a book of history, Mom.. was that the boy who disappeared when someone was caring for him? Leading us to check the history and learning that it was a different boy, and having a boy reiterate how he is so glad he wasn't born royalty back in the day. Royalty had to be watchful of so many different intrigues, and if anything unusual happened, they could lose their lives so quickly or spend their lives imprisoned.
Elizabeth's story really brought this home to my boy (and to me).
We lived her life for a couple of years. Moving from house to house. Seeing murder, almost smelling the stench of unwashed bodies and vomit in the corridors, feeling sorry for the servants who simply couldn't keep up. Seeing the class divisions. The fears and hopes and simple joys in the life of royalty. So much danger.
But she lived.
She became a highly popular queen. Called the virgin queen as she chose not to marry in a day when women were expected to keep their mouths shut and to marry well.
It was a neat story to read.
Elizabeth's story really brought this home to my boy (and to me).
We lived her life for a couple of years. Moving from house to house. Seeing murder, almost smelling the stench of unwashed bodies and vomit in the corridors, feeling sorry for the servants who simply couldn't keep up. Seeing the class divisions. The fears and hopes and simple joys in the life of royalty. So much danger.
But she lived.
She became a highly popular queen. Called the virgin queen as she chose not to marry in a day when women were expected to keep their mouths shut and to marry well.
It was a neat story to read.
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