Bibliograph

Crown of blood, the deadly inheritance of Lady Jane Grey, Nicolas Tallis

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Crown of blood, the deadly inheritance of Lady Jane Grey, Nicolas Tallis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

genealogical tablesplatesillustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crown of blood

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Nicolas Tallis

Sub title

the deadly inheritance of Lady Jane Grey

Summary

Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced onto the throne by the great power players at court, Queen Jane reigned for just thirteen tumultuous days before being imprisoned in the Tower, condemned for high treason and executed. In this dramatic retelling of an often-misread tale, historian and researcher Nicola Tallis explores a range of evidence that had never before been used in a biography to sweep away the many myths and reveal the moving, human story of an extraordinarily intelligent, independent and courageous young woman

Target audience

adult

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