NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A âvibrant and freshâ (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Daysâ Queenâthe stunning first novel from the renowned author hailed as âthe finest historian of English monarchical succession writingâ (The Boston Globe)
âPoignant [and] gripping.ââThe Seattle Times âEnormously entertaining.ââThe Washington Post
I am now a condemned traitor. . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live.
The child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, Lady Jane Grey is born during the harrowingly turbulent period between Anne Boleynâs beheading and the demise of Janeâs infamous great-uncle, King Henry VIII. Vexed by not having a male heir, Janeâs abusive parents connive to use their intelligent, dutiful young daughter as a pawn in a dangerous dynastic game.
But when the premature death of Janeâs adolescent cousinâand Henryâs successorâKing Edward VI thwarts their original ploy, Jane unwittingly finds herself at the center of the struggle for supremacy. And though she has no ambitions to rule, preferring to immerse herself in books and religion, she is forced to accept the crown, and by so doing sets off a firestorm of intrigue, betrayal, and tragedy.
âIn giving narrative voice to her subjects Alison Weir brings us into emotional contact with them in a way that an unadorned historical account does not.ââBoston Sunday Globe
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A âvibrant and freshâ (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Daysâ Queenâthe stunning first novel from the renowned author hailed as âthe finest historian of English monarchical succession writingâ (The Boston Globe)
âPoignant [and] gripping.ââThe Seattle Times âEnormously entertaining.ââThe Washington Post
I am now a condemned traitor. . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live.
The child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, Lady Jane Grey is born during the harrowingly turbulent period between Anne Boleynâs beheading and the demise of Janeâs infamous great-uncle, King Henry VIII. Vexed by not having a male heir, Janeâs abusive parents connive to use their intelligent, dutiful young daughter as a pawn in a dangerous dynastic game.
But when the premature death of Janeâs adolescent cousinâand Henryâs successorâKing Edward VI thwarts their original ploy, Jane unwittingly finds herself at the center of the struggle for supremacy. And though she has no ambitions to rule, preferring to immerse herself in books and religion, she is forced to accept the crown, and by so doing sets off a firestorm of intrigue, betrayal, and tragedy.
âIn giving narrative voice to her subjects Alison Weir brings us into emotional contact with them in a way that an unadorned historical account does not.ââBoston Sunday Globe