Innocent Traitor
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A wrenching novel about the life and death of Lady Jane Grey, one of the most complex and sympathetic figures in Tudor England, by popular historian Alison Weir: ideal for fans of Wolf Hall
Lady Jane Grey was born into times of extreme danger. Child of a scheming father…
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I loved Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir because it focuses solely on a much-forgotten woman of Tudor History. Weir gets across that Jane Gray was simply used as a political pawn. She was such a young girl, at only 17, and her parents gave no thought as to her happiness. She was scared and felt utterly alone and was handed the crown. If only for nine days, this young girl was Queen of England before her execution. She truly was an innocent traitor.
From Juliana's list on historical fiction that bring real people to life.
Ah, those Tudors. Just when I think I am fed up with their well-recorded antics, they have a terrific comeback. Lady Jane Grey is not that hidden in history; she merely had no time – no time at all! - to make her mark. Books about England’s most unknown Queen are few and far between, which makes this novel by Alison Weir – an ambitious writer - such a delight. Grey’s fate fascinates me as it is filled with tantalizing questions – what sort of Queen would she have been, once she shed the shackles her ambitious family placed her…
From Ellen's list on history’s hidden heroines.
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