This book is about the woman that was Queen of England for nine days between Edward VI (son of Henry VIII & Jane Seymour) and Mary Tudor (daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon). She was put on the throne by the reformists who did not want Mary to become Queen because they did not want the C...
Innocent Traitor is good historical fiction that isn't smutted up. The only real problem is the multiple points of view. It is not there are too many speakers, but that too many speakers sound alike. There does not seem to be that much difference in tone between Katherine Parr and Frances Brandon...
A great story about a little known and very brief Queen of England. Alison Weir does an amazing job of using psychology and historical facts to (re)create the life of Lady Jane Grey. Tragic from the beginning.
Alison Weir goes fiction with the story of Lady Jane Grey. Good novel, but I hated the constantly shifting POV, first person narrative. Not too much stuff made up here, and while the heroine is a bit of a prig, she does evoke sympathy by the end. For the longer review, please go here:http://www.epin...
In Weir's first foray into historical fiction, she sticks to what she knows. This story of Lady Jane Grey and the people who propelled her to the throne of England is relentlessly sad. The period is conjured up so deftly one can almost smell it, and the characters are well drawn. My only complaint i...
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