
- 416 pages
- English
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Crown of Blood
About this book
"Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same." These were the heartbreaking words of seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. She is known to history as "the Nine Days Queen, " but her reign lasted for thirteen days. 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. While this is doubtless true, it is only part of the complex jigsaw of Jane's story. Crown of Blood is an important and significant retelling of an often-misunderstood tale: set at the time of Jane's downfall and following her journey through to her trial and execution, each chapter moves between the past and the "present, " using a rich abundance of primary source material (some of which has never been published) in order to paint a vivid picture of Jane's short and turbulent life.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Genealogical Tables
- Timeline
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: A Time to be Born and a Time to Die
- Chapter 2: Rejoiced All True Hearts
- Chapter 3: Anyone More Deserving of Respect
- Chapter 4: The Imperial Crown
- Chapter 5: A Loving and Kind Father
- Chapter 6: A Second Court of Right
- Chapter 7: Ruled and Framed Towards Virtue
- Chapter 8: She Did Never Love Her After
- Chapter 9: I Think Myself in Hell
- Chapter 10: Godly Instruction
- Chapter 11: A Comely, Virtuous and Goodly Gentleman
- Chapter 12: The First Act of a Tragedy
- Chapter 13: Long Live the Queen!
- Chapter 14: Falsely Styled Queen
- Chapter 15: Jana Non Regina
- Chapter 16: Shut Up in the Tower
- Chapter 17: Jane of Suffolk Deserved Death
- Chapter 18: Justice is an Excellent Virtue
- Chapter 19: Fear Not for Any Pain
- Chapter 20: Liberty of the Tower
- Chapter 21: The Permanent Ruin of the Ancient House of Grey
- Chapter 22: Bound by Indissoluble Ties
- Chapter 23: I am Come Hither to Die
- Chapter 24: God and Posterity Will Show Me Favour
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1: The Queen Without a Face: Portraits of Lady Jane Grey
- Appendix 2: Jane’s Debate with Dr John Feckenham
- Appendix 3: Following in Jane’s Footsteps: Places to Visit
- Notes and References
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- Index
- Copyright