Lady Jane Grey is an iconic figure in English history. However, the dramatic lives of the younger Grey sisters remain little known, but under English law they were the heirs - and rivals - to the Tudor monarchs Mary and Elizabeth I. Here, Leanda de Lisle brings the tumultuous world of the Grey sisters to life.
Lady Jane Grey is an iconic figure in English history. However, the dramatic lives of the younger Grey sisters remain little known, but under English ...
Some of their past the Tudors wanted to remember, other parts they preferred to forget: a new history, a new story, the family behind the myths. The Tudors are a national obsession; they are our most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisle shows in this gripping new history, beyond the well-worn headlines is a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family 's obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as...
Some of their past the Tudors wanted to remember, other parts they preferred to forget: a new history, a new story, the family behind the myths. T...
