Nine-day queen

Faith Cook  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Jan 2013
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LADY JANE GREY
Christian biographies for young readers
By Simonetta Carr. Reformation Heritage Books. 64 pages. £13.99
ISBN 978 1 601 781 901

What a delight to see and handle this beautifully illustrated book! Lady Jane Grey’s moving story forms a part of a new series of biographies of men and women of faith specially designed for young people.

Simonetta Carr untangles this complicated period of Tudor English history as she shows how Lady Jane, 15-year-old cousin of young King Edward VI, was declared Queen of England at Edward’s death. But just nine days later, Mary Tudor, supported by the vast majority of the people, claimed the throne, asserting that she was the rightful successor in accordance with the Act of Succession passed by Parliament under her father Henry VIII. Lady Jane, who had initially been unwilling to accept the throne in any case, was accused of treason, imprisoned in the Tower of London for six months, and subsequently executed.

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