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Author : Richard Davey
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-08-03
ISBN : 3752400943
Pages : 286 pages
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Download Free The Nine Day's Queen PDF by Richard Davey Full Book and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Nine Day's Queen by Richard Davey
Author : Ella March Chase
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2013-02-14
ISBN : 1448117356
Pages : 416 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (117 Download)
Download Free The Nine Day Queen PDF by Ella March Chase Full Book and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tudor blood will see her crowned – and lead to her downfall... Lady Jane Grey is the eldest of the Grey sisters. Shy and scholarly she is happier in the company of her sisters, than with the intrigues of court. But as fourth in line to Henry’s throne, Jane is too valuable a pawn not to be played. When her parents’ scheme to wed her to Prince Edward fails, they plan a far more ambitious – and dangerous – move to make Jane Queen...
Author : Richard Davey
Publisher : DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-15
ISBN :
Pages : 277 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (654 Download)
Download Free The Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, and Her Times PDF by Richard Davey Full Book and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nine Days' Queen by Richard Davey is a biography of Lady Jane Grey in the form of a personal tragedy. Lady Jane Grey, later known as Lady Jane Dudley (after her marriage) and as the "Nine Days' Queen", was a teenage English noblewoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. Excerpt: "The tragedy of Lady Jane Grey is unquestionably one of the most poignant episodes in English history, but its very dramatic completeness and compactness have almost invariably caused its wider significance..."
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Author : Mrs. Fanny Ash PRIDEAUX
Publisher :
Release Date : 1869
ISBN :
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (811 Download)
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Author : Faith Cook
Publisher : EP BOOKS
Release Date : 2005-02
ISBN : 9780852346136
Pages : 249 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (131 Download)
Download Free The Nine Day Queen of England PDF by Faith Cook Full Book and published by EP BOOKS. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Jane Grey has often been called the 'Tudor Pawn' but to see her as one whose life was simply moved around by others is totally inadequate. This is no simplistic life and death of a sixteen-year-old girl. In order to understand the full tragedy and triumph of her life it is vital to grasp the far-reaching political and religious changes that were shaking England at that time. The Reformation touched the whole population; from palace to university; from emerging town to peasant cottage. Like the pieces of a jigsaw, the pieces come together to give a picture of a girl with outstanding natural abilities, whose strength of character and remarkable faith shine out despite the darkness that often surrounded her. Execution at age 16, Jane paid an awful price for a throne she did not seek.
Author : James D. Taylor
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Release Date : 2004
ISBN : 0875863361
Pages : 195 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (863 Download)
Download Free Documents of Lady Jane Grey PDF by James D. Taylor Full Book and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published information on Lady Jane is scant and contradictory; here, primary sources including JaneOCOs own letters illustrate the drama of a high-born, high-minded and intelligent young lady sacrificed on the pyre of ambition by her kin. The teenaged Lady"
Author : Alison Plowden
Publisher : The History Press
Release Date : 2011-07-31
ISBN : 0752467123
Pages : 208 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (467 Download)
Download Free Lady Jane Grey: Classic Histories Series PDF by Alison Plowden Full Book and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Grey’s tragedy was her royal blood. As Henry VIII’s great-niece she stood perilously close to the throne and from early childhood was used as a pawn in the deadly power game of Tudor politics. Jane was not happy at home – she once famously remarked that she thought herself in hell in her parents’ company – and sought consolation in her studies and the uncompromising Protestantism fashionable in the l550s. When it became clear that her cousin Edward VI was dying she was forced into marriage with a son of the powerful John Dudley Duke of Northumberland and confronted with the news that the king had made her his heir. So began her reign as the Nine Days Queen, leading to her imprisonment in the Tower and execution at the age of sixteen. Alison Plowden reveals with insight and skill the complex intensity of the woman behind the myth, the brilliantly gifted child who was developing into a passionate, forceful young woman.
Author : Mary M. Luke
Publisher : William Morrow
Release Date : 1986
ISBN :
Pages : 456 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (15 Download)
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Author : Karleen Bradford
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic-TAB Publications
Release Date : 1986
ISBN : 9780590716178
Pages : 212 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (174 Download)
Download Free The Nine Days Queen PDF by Karleen Bradford Full Book and published by Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic-TAB Publications. This book was released on 1986 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At fifteen years of age, upon the death of her cousin, Edward, Lady Jane Grey was forced to accept the crown of England. She was queen for only nine days, however. Edward's eldest sister, Mary, soon challenged Jane for the throne, with tragic results. This is the true story of a bright and intelligent young woman who was manipulated and betrayed by the ambitious people who surrounded her.
Author : Richard Davey
Publisher :
Release Date : 1909
ISBN :
Pages : 442 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (158 Download)
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Author : Richard Davey
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-11-13
ISBN : 9781519279644
Pages : 248 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (647 Download)
Download Free The Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, and Her Times PDF by Richard Davey Full Book and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537 - 12 February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley or the Nine Day Queen, was an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553. The great-granddaughter of Henry VII through his younger daughter Mary, Jane was a first cousin once removed of Edward VI. In May 1553, she was married to Lord Guildford Dudley, a younger son of Edward's chief minister, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. When the 15-year-old king lay dying in June 1553, he nominated Jane as successor to the Crown in his will, thus subverting the claims of his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth under the Third Succession Act. Jane was imprisoned in the Tower of London when the Privy Council decided to change sides and proclaim Mary as queen on 19 July 1553. Jane was convicted of high treason in November 1553, which carried a sentence of death, although her life was initially spared. Wyatt's rebellion of January and February 1554 against Queen Mary I's plans to marry Philip of Spain led to the execution of both Jane and her husband. Lady Jane Grey had an excellent humanist education and a reputation as one of the most learned young women of her day. A committed Protestant, she was posthumously regarded as not only a political victim but also a martyr.
Author : Arthur MacArthur
Publisher :
Release Date : 2016-03-22
ISBN : 9781633912823
Pages : 174 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (825 Download)
Download Free History of Lady Jane Grey PDF by Arthur MacArthur Full Book and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Lady Jane Grey illustrates the complex and bloody history of the English monarchy. Through a very long, strange chain of wills, deaths and requests, Jane was named heiress to the English throne of July 1553. She was known as a kind and devout Protestant and was chosen to receive the honor over Edward Tudor's sister, Mary who was Catholic. The attempt to put Jane in power failed; after nine days she was imprisoned in the Tower of London and then executed. Mary Tudor had gotten enough popular support to have Jane deposed. Jane's own immediate family did not impart much kindness either. In a 1550 letter to Roger Ascham, Jane wrote, "I will tell you a truth which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that God ever gave me is that he sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in the presence of Father or Mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it as it were in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly as God made the world; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips and bobs and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them), so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time comes that I must go to Mr Aylmer, who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing while I am with him." This new edition is dedicated to Emma Norman, who knows well and cherishes English history.
Author : Eric Ives
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-09-19
ISBN : 1444354264
Pages : 392 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (354 Download)
Download Free Lady Jane Grey PDF by Eric Ives Full Book and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Martin Andrew Sharp Hume
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Release Date : 2018-11-10
ISBN : 9780353029491
Pages : 428 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (491 Download)
Download Free The Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, and Her Times PDF by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume Full Book and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-10 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Ann Rinaldi
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2006-01-31
ISBN : 9781417729203
Pages : 0 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (21 Download)
Download Free Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey PDF by Ann Rinaldi Full Book and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2006-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author gives a compelling, first-person voice to a historical figure from Tudor England, as she relates the true story of Lady Jane Grey, who at 16 years old was crowned Queen of England, and beheaded only nine days later.
Author : Lucy Wiltshire
Publisher :
Release Date : 2017-02-20
ISBN : 9781520660042
Pages : 27 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (49 Download)
Download Free The Grey Sisters PDF by Lucy Wiltshire Full Book and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Jane Grey is famously known for being the queen that reigned for just nine days, before being ousted by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason. As Mary Tudor has been portrayed as a villainous, heartless queen - "Bloody Mary", in contrast Lady Jane Grey has therefore been made out to be perfection personified - the sweetest and most innocent girl, cruelly sacrificed as a result of the malevolent ambitions of her detestable parents and father-in-law. Of course, there is little truth in this highly exaggerated picture of bad Catholic queen versus virtuous Protestant queen. Lady Jane Grey was the eldest sister of three, and her younger sisters, Katherine and Mary who both suffered similar tragic lives, have similarly been cast as helpless ill-fated heroines. The Grey sisters however were far more interesting than that though. They had been placed in line to the succession by the wills of Henry VIII and Edward VI, (and also by parliamentary statute). Being in line to the throne, was a precarious position indeed, and often those that found themselves named as heirs became the targets of plots and conspiracies. The Grey sisters however threw caution to the wind, and did little to safe guard their vulnerable positions at court, flouting the laws and following their ambitions and desires. They would be a constant thorn in the side of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, who would prove to be women you really don't want to upset. This book will look at the stories of the pious Protestant Jane Grey, who treacherously sought the crown; her love-struck younger sister Katherine who married in secret and the youngest sister Mary who was a dwarf who secretly married a giant - much like a fairy tale, but without a happy ending.
Author : Leanda de Lisle
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2009-10-13
ISBN : 0345516680
Pages : 371 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (516 Download)
Download Free The Sisters Who Would Be Queen PDF by Leanda de Lisle Full Book and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days’ queen Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to vivid life in her fascinating biography.”—Philippa Gregory Mary, Katherine, and Jane Grey–sisters whose mere existence nearly toppled a kingdom and altered a nation’s destiny–are the captivating subjects of Leanda de Lisle’s new book. The Sisters Who Would Be Queen breathes fresh life into these three young women, who were victimized in the notoriously vicious Tudor power struggle and whose heirs would otherwise probably be ruling England today. Born into aristocracy, the Grey sisters were the great-granddaughters of Henry VII, grandnieces to Henry VIII, legitimate successors to the English throne, and rivals to Henry VIII’s daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. Lady Jane, the eldest, was thrust center stage by greedy men and uncompromising religious politics when she briefly succeeded Henry’s son, the young Edward I. Dubbed “the Nine Days Queen” after her short, tragic reign from the Tower of London, Jane has over the centuries earned a special place in the affections of the English people as a “queen with a public heart.” But as de Lisle reveals, Jane was actually more rebel than victim, more leader than pawn, and Mary and Katherine Grey found that they would have to tread carefully in order to avoid sharing their elder sister’s violent fate. Navigating the politics of the Tudor court after Jane’ s death was a precarious challenge. Katherine Grey, who sought to live a stable life, earned the trust of Mary I, only to risk her future with a love marriage that threatened Queen Elizabeth’s throne. Mary Grey, considered too petite and plain to be significant, looked for her own escape from the burden of her royal blood–an impossible task after she followed her heart and also incurred the queen’s envy, fear, and wrath. Exploding the many myths of Lady Jane Grey’s life, unearthing the details of Katherine’s and Mary’s dramatic stories, and casting new light on Elizabeth’s reign, Leanda de Lisle gives voice and resonance to the lives of the Greys and offers perspective on their place in history and on a time when a royal marriage could gain a woman a kingdom or cost her everything.
