Matilda's Blog
My name is Matilda Marchmont. Two weeks ago I would have said that I had the most boring life in the world, but ALL THAT HAS CHANGED. The day after my thirteenth birthday I left my sleepy country home and family to travel on horseback to London… to join the glamour and craziness of Henry VIII's court.
I have to lock my journal away now and keep the key on a chain round my neck. Don’t tell anyone…I’ve been warned that this place is teeming with dangerous enemies and spies.
Love, Matilda xxx
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23rd October: Nightmare
I've just woken at dawn, screaming and drenched in sweat.....
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27th September: My cousin Katherine
So round and round we went till we got to The Queen’s Rooms. There were dozens of terrifying older ladies-in-waiting all dressed in extraordinary, fashionable clothes.
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16th September: I am homesick
So, I'm feeling more homesick than ever, for my higgledy piggledy home and my annoying brothers and sisters, but I manage to survive getting dressed in my awful burgundy frock
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2nd September: I meet Katherine
I am writing this really really quietly, sitting up in bed at dawn..
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1st September: My first journal entry
My name is Matilda Marchmont. Two days ago I would have said that I had the most boring life in the world, but all that has changed...
