The Sisters Who Would be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy
Mary, Katherine, and Jane Grey—-sisters whose mere existence nearly toppled a dynasty and altered a nation's destiny—-are the captivating subjects of Leanda de Lisle's new book. The Sisters Who Would Be Queen breathes fresh life into these three young women, who were players and victims...
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Mary, Katherine, and Jane Grey—-sisters whose mere existence nearly toppled a dynasty and altered a nation's destiny—-are the captivating subjects of Leanda de Lisle's new book. The Sisters Who Would Be Queen breathes fresh life into these three young women, who were players and victims in the violent and vicious world of Tudor power politics and whose heirs could otherwise be ruling England today.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781400143665 (1400143667)
Publish date: October 13th 2009
Publisher: Tantor Media
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Adult,
Politics,
Biography Memoir,
European History,
16th Century
4.5 stars for this illuminating look at the tragic life of the Grey family. I read this non-fiction account of the Grey sisters on the heels of reading [b:Sisters of Treason|18759924|Sisters of Treason|Elizabeth Fremantle|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1404632043s/18759924.jpg|26655847]. After everyt...
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen is one of the best nonfiction books that I have had the pleasure to read. Taking complicated circumstances and unraveling them for the greater understanding of the reader, Lisle also injects plenty of personality into her writing. At times, this highly informative book...
This book covers an extremely complex bit of history, so I will try to keep this as short and sweet as possible. We all know about Henry VIII and out of six wives he had one son, Edward, and two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. Henry's favorite sister Mary had a daughter Frances who in turn had three ...
According to the title of this book, there were three Grey sisters- Jane, Katherine and Mary- all of whom played an important role in Tudor history. According to the bulk of the narrative, there was Lady Jane Grey and two sisters who served as an epilogue to their elder sister’s tragedy. I don’t thi...
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