The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The tragedy of Katherine, Mary and Lady Jane Grey.(Book review)

History Today | May 1, 2009| | Copyright

The Sisters Who Would Be Queen

The tragedy of Katherine, Mary and Lady Jane Grey

Leanda de Lisle

Harper Press 400pp 25 [pounds sterling]

ISBN 978 0007 219056

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The Grey sisters--Jane, Katherine and Mary--were the granddaughters of Princess Mary Rose, Henry VIII's favourite sister. They were included in King Henry's Act of Succession and therefore were always considered political threats, as rallying points for dissenters if nothing else. Jane Grey's story is well known. Petite, intelligent, erudite, ...

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