Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858
by Kathryn Lasky
Publication Date: October 28, 2004 (see below)
Dear America and Royal Diaries veteran Kathryn Lasky presents the diary of Princess Kazunomiya, a Japanese princess and sister of Emperor Komei who was married to the shogun
Iemochi at the age of 16 as part of a political alliance to strengthen ties between the imperial monarchy and the shogunate
and entered a convent after his early death.
From the Library of Congress:
Princess Kazunomiya, half-sister of the Emperor of Japan, relates in her diary
and in poems the confusing events occurring in the Imperial Palace in 1858, including political and romantic intrigue.
Release Date: Information on the release date of Kazunomiya: Prisoner of
Heaven varies. Some sites are saying the book will be out in August of 2004 while other sites, such as Barnes and Noble, are
saying the book will not be published until October 28, 2004.
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Quisqueya, 1490
by Edwidge Danticat
Publication Date: March, 2005
From the Library of Congress:
Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps a record of her life as a possible successor
to the supreme chief of Xaragua, as wife of the chief of Maguana, and as a warrior battling the first white men to arrive
in the West Indies, ravenous for gold.
Catherine, Germany or Poland, 1740's
by Kristiana Gregory
Publication Date: Fall, 2005
Dear America and Royal Diaries veteran Kristiana Gregory presents the diary
of Sophie, who later became Catherine the Great, a German princess who was raised in a poor household and in the ways of a commoner
with abusive parents and at the age of 15 travelled to Russia where she was engaged to the heir of the Russian Empire,
Piotr III.
