She was a remarkable individual with a charismatic personality who earned the admiration and affection of many of those who knew her. While this is doubtlessly true, it is only part of the complex jigsaw of Jane's story. The human and emotional aspects of her story have often been ignored, although she is remembered as one of the Tudor Era's most tragic victims. Jane is known to history as "the Nine Days Queen," but her reign lasted, in fact, for thirteen days. Her death for high treason sent shockwaves through the Tudor world, and served as a gruesome reminder to all who aspired to a crown that the axe could fall at any time. Minutes later her head was struck from her body with a single stroke of a heavy axe.
It’s an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of Lady Jane Grey."Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same." These were the heartbreaking words of a seventeen-year-old girl, Lady Jane Grey, as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554.
It’s history as it should be written, vivid, colourful, pacy and evocative, but – above all – authentic and based on sound and innovative research. Praise for Nicola Tallis and Crown of Blood:Īlison Weir: ‘This is a stunning debut from a young historian who deserves to be recognised as a major talent in her field. In this dramatic retelling of an often-misread tale, historian and researcher Nicola Tallis explores a range of evidence that has 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’. Forced on to 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. 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. ”Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same”. Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey was released in the UK by Michael O’Mara Books, and in the US by Pegasus in 2016.
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