Innocent traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
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“An impressive debut. Weir shows skill at plotting and maintaining tension, and she is clearly going to be a major player in the . . . historical fiction game.”—The IndependentI am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir’s enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English monarchy. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey–“the Nine Days’ Queen” –a fifteen-year-old girl who unwittingly finds herself at the center of the religious and civil unrest that nearly toppled the fabled House of Tudor during the sixteenth century. The child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, for whom she is merely a pawn in a dynastic game with the highest stakes, Jane Grey was born during the harrowingly turbulent period between Anne Boleyn’s beheading and the demise of Jane’s infamous great-uncle, King Henry VIII. With the premature passing of Jane’ s adolescent cousin, and Henry’s successor, King Edward VI, comes a struggle for supremacy fueled by political machinations and lethal religious fervor. Unabashedly honest and exceptionally intelligent, Jane possesses a sound strength of character beyond her years that equips her to weather the vicious storm. And though she has no ambitions to rule, preferring to immerse herself in books and religious studies, she is forced to accept the crown, and by so doing sets off a firestorm of intrigue, betrayal, and tragedy. Alison Weir uses her unmatched skills as a historian to enliven the many dynamic characters of this majestic drama. Along with Lady Jane Grey, Weir vividly renders her devious parents; her much-loved nanny; the benevolent Queen Katherine Parr; Jane’s ambitious cousins; the Catholic “Bloody” Mary, who will stop at nothing to seize the throne; and the protestant and future queen Elizabeth. Readers venture inside royal drawing rooms and bedchambers to witness the power-grabbing that swirls around Lady Jane Grey from the day of her birth to her unbearably poignant death. Innocent Traitor paints a complete and compelling portrait of this captivating young woman, a faithful servant of God whose short reign and brief life would make her a legend.BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn.
Subjects
Subjects
Biographical fiction
Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553 -- Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558 -- Fiction
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction
Grey, Jane
Grey, Jane, -- Lady, -- 1537-1554 -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Kings and rulers
Literature
Queens
Queens -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Succession
Thriller
Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553 -- Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558 -- Fiction
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction
Grey, Jane
Grey, Jane, -- Lady, -- 1537-1554 -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Kings and rulers
Literature
Queens
Queens -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Succession
Thriller
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9780345494856
9780345498069
9781449898175
9780345498069
9781449898175
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subject_facet | Biographical fiction Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553 -- Fiction Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558 -- Fiction Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction Grey, Jane, -- Lady, -- 1537-1554 -- Fiction Historical fiction Queens -- Great Britain -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Innocent traitor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Innocent Traitor A Novel of Lady Jane Grey Innocent traitor / by Alison Weir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_sub | A Novel of Lady Jane Grey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Fiction Grey, Jane Historical Fiction History Kings and rulers Literature Queens Succession Thriller |