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Pub. Date
2017.
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"The latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous girls in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen. Seventeen-year-old Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king's half-sister Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When...
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Pub. Date
2010
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After her husband leaves her, Jane Lindsay finds an old ring in a box of relics from a British jumble sale and discovers a Latin inscription in the band along with just one other word: "Jane." Feeling instant connection to the mysterious ring bearing her namesake, Jane begins a journey to learn more about the ring--and perhaps about herself and the lives of a sixteenth century dressmaker, Lucy Day, and the innocent young woman known in history as...
3) My lady Jane
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Series
Lady Janies volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
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Edward is the King of England. He's also dying, which is inconvenient, as he's only sixteen and he'd rather be planning his first kiss than who will inherit his crown. Jane, Edward's cousin, is far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately, Edward has arranged to marry her off to Gifford secure the line of succession. And Gifford is, well, a horse. That is, he an Ei̧an (eth-y-un, for the uninitiated) who becomes a chestnut steed every...
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Lady Jane Grey was born into times of extreme danger. Child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, for whom she was merely a pawn in a dynastic power game with the highest stakes, she lived a live in thrall to political machinations and lethal religious fervour. Jane's astonishing and essentially tragic story was played out during one of the most momentous periods of English history. As a great-niece of Henry VIII, and the cousin of Edward VI,...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Mary, Katherine, and Jane Grey - sisters whose mere existence nearly toppled a kingdom and altered a nation's destiny - are captivating subjects of this book. The book breathes fresh life into these three young women, who were victims of the notoriously vicious Tudor power struggles and whose heirs would otherwise probably be ruling England today.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Crown of Blood is an important and significant retelling of an often-misunderstood tale: set at the time of Janes 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 Janes short and turbulent life. This dramatic narrative traces the dangerous plots...
7) Lady Jane
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Pub. Date
c2002
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"In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VIII, Lady Jane Grey disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn't much she could do about it. Then,...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Lady Jane Grey, who at sixteen was Queen of England for nine days before being executed, recounts her life story from the age of nine. I had freckles. I had sandy hair. I was too short. Would my feet even touch the ground if I sat on the throne? These are the words of lady Jane Grey, as imagined by celebrated author Ann Rinaldi. Jane would become Queen of England for only nine days before being beheaded at the age of sixteen. Here is a breathtaking...
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Pub. Date
[1996]
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"At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In her new book, Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these four extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to...
10) The raven queen
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Pub. Date
2010, c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
The life of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Day Queen, is all too often remembered as just a line in a history book, but this stunning novel reveals the full fascinating and tragic story -- a tale of treachery, power struggles, and religious turmoil in the Tudor court.