Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery

Eric Ives

Wiley, Oct 12, 2009 - History - 392 pages

Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history.

In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radical reassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits of Jane both as hapless victim of political intrigue or Protestant martyr. Instead he presents her as an accomplished young woman with a fierce personal integrity. The result is a compelling dissection by a master historian and storyteller of one of history’s most shocking injustices.

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User Review  - LoreleiLouise - LibraryThing

Extreme well researched with dates of events carefully recorded. However the author flip flops between his interpretation of events. First he states that an event reflects positively on the subject ...

About the author

Eric Ives is Emeritus Professor of English History at the University of Birmingham and author of The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Blackwell, 2004). He has written widely on Tudor history, the history of law, and on the development of modern higher education. In 2001 he was awarded the OBE for services to history and the University of Birmingham.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
• Author: Eric Ives
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Wiley, 2009
• ISBN: 1405194138, 9781405194136
• Length: 392 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain / General; History / General