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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days and nights’ queen Lady Jane Grey and her overlooked sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to brilliant life in her exciting biography.”—Philippa Gregory
Mary, Katherine, and Jane Grey–sisters whose mere lifestyle practically toppled a kingdom and transformed a region’s future–are the captivating subjects of Leanda de Lisle’s new book. The Sisters WHO Be Queen breathes fresh life into these three young women, who have been victimized in the notoriously vicious Tudor ability struggle and whose heirs would in any other case oftimes be ruling Britain today.
Blessed 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 centre stage by greedy men and uncompromising religious politics when she quickly succeeded Henry’s boy, the young Edward I. Dubbed “the Nine Times Queen” after her brief, tragic reign from the Tower of London, Jane has above the centuries earned a special devote the affections of the English people as a “queen with a public heart and soul.” But as de Lisle uncovers, Jane was actually more rebel than sufferer, more leader than pawn, and Mary and Katherine Grey found that they might have to tread carefully in order to avoid writing their elder sister’s violent destiny.
Navigating the politics of the Tudor court after Jane’ s death was a precarious concern. Katherine Grey, who sought to reside in a stable life, received the trust of Mary I, and then risk her future with a love matrimony that threatened Queen Elizabeth’s throne. Mary Grey, considered too petite and basic to be significant, looked on her behalf own get away from from the burden of her royal blood vessels–an impossible task after she adopted her heart and soul 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 provides voice and resonance to the lives of the Greys and will be offering perspective on the place in history and on a period whenever a royal matrimony could gain a woman a kingdom or cost her everything.
