Crown of Blood
eBook - ePub

Crown of Blood

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781681775555
eBook ISBN
9781681772875

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Genealogical Tables
  6. Timeline
  7. Author’s Note
  8. Introduction
  9. Prologue
  10. Chapter 1: A Time to be Born and a Time to Die
  11. Chapter 2: Rejoiced All True Hearts
  12. Chapter 3: Anyone More Deserving of Respect
  13. Chapter 4: The Imperial Crown
  14. Chapter 5: A Loving and Kind Father
  15. Chapter 6: A Second Court of Right
  16. Chapter 7: Ruled and Framed Towards Virtue
  17. Chapter 8: She Did Never Love Her After
  18. Chapter 9: I Think Myself in Hell
  19. Chapter 10: Godly Instruction
  20. Chapter 11: A Comely, Virtuous and Goodly Gentleman
  21. Chapter 12: The First Act of a Tragedy
  22. Chapter 13: Long Live the Queen!
  23. Chapter 14: Falsely Styled Queen
  24. Chapter 15: Jana Non Regina
  25. Chapter 16: Shut Up in the Tower
  26. Chapter 17: Jane of Suffolk Deserved Death
  27. Chapter 18: Justice is an Excellent Virtue
  28. Chapter 19: Fear Not for Any Pain
  29. Chapter 20: Liberty of the Tower
  30. Chapter 21: The Permanent Ruin of the Ancient House of Grey
  31. Chapter 22: Bound by Indissoluble Ties
  32. Chapter 23: I am Come Hither to Die
  33. Chapter 24: God and Posterity Will Show Me Favour
  34. Epilogue
  35. Appendix 1: The Queen Without a Face: Portraits of Lady Jane Grey
  36. Appendix 2: Jane’s Debate with Dr John Feckenham
  37. Appendix 3: Following in Jane’s Footsteps: Places to Visit
  38. Notes and References
  39. Bibliography
  40. Acknowledgements
  41. Illustrations
  42. Index
  43. Copyright