The Sisters who Would be Queen

The Sisters who Would be Queen
Title The Sisters who Would be Queen PDF eBook
Author Leanda De Lisle
Publisher HarperCollins UK
Pages 109
Release 2008
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0007219059

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The dramatic untold story of the three tragic Grey sisters, all heirs to the Tudor throne, all victims to their royal blood.




The Sisters Who Would Be Queen

The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
Title The Sisters Who Would Be Queen PDF eBook
Author Leanda de Lisle
Publisher Ballantine Books
Pages 385
Release 2009-10-13
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0345516680

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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.




The Sisters who Would be Queen

The Sisters who Would be Queen
Title The Sisters who Would be Queen PDF eBook
Author Leanda De Lisle
Publisher
Pages 528
Release 2009
Genre Great Britain
ISBN 9781407440279

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Lady Jane Grey is an icon of innocence abused. Remembered as the 'Nine Days Queen', she has been mythologized as a child-woman sacrificed to political expedience. But behind the legend lies the dramatic untold story of Lady Jane Grey and her two sisters, all heirs to the Tudor throne, and all victims to their royal blood.




The Queen's Sisters

The Queen's Sisters
Title The Queen's Sisters PDF eBook
Author Sarah J. Hodder
Publisher John Hunt Publishing
Pages 110
Release 2020-03-27
Genre History
ISBN 1789043646

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Whether Queen or commoner, the lives of women throughout history is a fascinating study. Elizabeth Woodville, 'The White Queen', managed to make the transition from commoner to Queen and became the epitome of medieval heroines – the commoner who married a King. When she became the wife of Edward IV her actions changed the life of her entire family. Vilified both by their contemporaries and by many historians since, the Woodville family were centre stage during the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III. Elizabeth Woodville became the ancestress of future Kings and Queens. This book takes a fresh look at the lives of Elizabeth's sisters. Although information on them is scarce, by looking at the men they married, their families, the places they lived and the events that they lived through we can catch a glimpse of their lives. Each sister has their own story to tell and they may not have achieved the dizzying heights that their sister did, but they are all fascinating women.




Europe

Europe
Title Europe PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 192
Release 2011
Genre Europe
ISBN 9780345516046

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Katherine

Katherine
Title Katherine PDF eBook
Author Anya Seton
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 609
Release 2013
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0544222881

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John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, Chaucer's sister-in-law, fall in love in the 14th century.




Sisters of Treason

Sisters of Treason
Title Sisters of Treason PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Fremantle
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 448
Release 2014-07-08
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1476703094

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"Beginning early in Mary Tudor's turbulent reign, [this book] explores the lives of a pair of sisters as dangerously close to the throne as their sister Lady Jane Grey, who died on the executioner's block at the age of 16, after being queen for nine days"--