Lady Jane Grey
A Tudor Mystery
Published on 10. November 2009
392 pages
978-1-4443-0784-9 (ISBN)
Description
Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters inEnglish history.
In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw theTudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin JaneGrey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by hisillegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radicalreassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits of Jane bothas hapless victim of political intrigue or Protestant martyr.Instead he presents her as an accomplished young woman with afierce personal integrity. The result is a compelling dissection bya master historian and storyteller of one of history's mostshocking injustices.
Reviews / Votes
"Written in a scholarly fashion, with an abundance of family trees,maps and a list of titles and offices, this book is a factual, yetcompelling, take on a much covered story. A fascinating tale, thiswill appeal to both scholars and general readers alike." (FamilyHistory Monthly, 1 April 2012) "This is a thoroughly absorbing and ingenious book which willappeal to scholars and general readers alike." (HistoryToday, June 2010)"A Tudor mystery is brilliantly solved, and the story of one ofEngland's most dangerous crises is thrillingly told... Thisbook, which takes us as close to the truth of these events as ispossible, will convince scholars who thought that they knew thestory already, and delight general readers." -Susan Brigden, Lincoln College, Oxford "A highly ingenious solution to the mystery of Jane Grey'sthirteen-day usurpation of the throne. Ives's research skills areformidable and will make this book essential, if provocativereading." -John Guy "Eric Ives has provided the first full-scale account of one ofthe most surprising sequences of events in the politics of TudorEngland. It is an engrossing tale, here presented in incisive styleby a scholar who has an instinctive grasp of how to bring thesurprises back to life." -Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Reformation,Europe's House Divided, and A History of Christianity: TheFirst Three Thousand YearsMore details
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Eric Ives is Emeritus Professor of English History at the University of Birmingham and author of The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Wiley-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.
Content
List of Illustrations.
List of Figures.
Preface.
Titles and Offices.
Figures.
Map.
Prologue.
Part I The Scene.
1 The Year of Three Sovereigns.
2 In Search of Jane Grey.
3 Jane Grey in Context.
Part II The Protagonists.
Jane Grey.
4 A Damnable Inheritance.
5 Jane the Person.
6 Family Priorities.
7 A Godly Upbringing.
Mary Tudor.
8 Father and Daughter.
9 Sister and Brother.
John Dudley.
10 John Dudley: The Career.
11 John Dudley: The Black Legend.
12 John Dudley: Motives.
Edward.
13 The Young King.
14 'My Deuise for the Succession'.
15 King and Minister.
16 The Will of a King.
Part III Thirteen Days.
17 Preparations.
18 Jane the Queen.
19 The Council in London.
20 The March on Framlingham.
21 A Second Front.
22 The Rebellion of Mary Tudor.
Part IV Consequences.
23 Every Man for Himself.
24 The Tower.
25 Nemesis.
26 The River of Jordan.
27 Afterlife.
28 Envoi.
Notes.
Bibliographical Abbreviations.
Index.
