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The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather
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Author : Richard Patrick Boyle Davey
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01
The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather written by Richard Patrick Boyle Davey and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01 with categories.
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The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey
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Author : Richard Davey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911
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The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather Being The True Stories Of The Strange Lives Of Charles Brandon Duke Of Suffolk And The Ladies Katherine And Mary Grey Sisters
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Author : Richard Davey
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather Being The True Stories Of The Strange Lives Of Charles Brandon Duke Of Suffolk And The Ladies Katherine And Mary Grey Sisters written by Richard Davey and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with categories.
The amazing marriage of Katherine of Valois, widow of Henry V, with Owen Tudor, possibly accounts for much that was abnormal in the character of their royal descendants of the redoubted House of Tudor. The queen dowager was the daughter of the mad King Charles VI of France and of his licentious consort, Isabeau of Bavaria—bad blood, indeed; and Owen was a mere soldier of fortune. In his grandson Henry VII’s day, a goodly pedigree was discovered for him, which set forth that far from being a “mean born pup,” as was popularly reported, Owen was descended from Kenan, son of Coel, who was king of Britain, and brother of Helen, the mother of Constantine the Great. As to Owen ap Merideth ap Twydder or Tudor, good old Sandford affirms that “the Meanness of his Estate was recompensated by the Delicacy of his Person, so absolute in all the Lineaments of his Body, that the only Contemplation of it might make a Queen forget all other Circumstances”—which it did! Stowe, who lived near enough to those times to receive direct tradition concerning this brave soldier, says, in his Annals, that he was “as ignorant as any savage.” Tall beyond the average, the founder of the House of Tudor carried himself with “a perfect grace.” He was well featured, with hair that was curly and “yellow as gold.” At an entertainment given in 1423, and attended, notwithstanding her recent bereavement, by the widowed queen, this Adonis, while in the act of executing an intricate pirouette, fell at the royal lady’s feet. Whether the passion kindled by this ludicrous accident was reciprocated, we are not told; but so ardent was it, on Katherine’s part, at least, that she soon afterwards clandestinely married the handsome Welshman. The enemies of the House of Tudor averred that this secret marriage never really took place, and it is a singular fact that no allusion whatever is made to it in the hearse verse originally placed over the tomb of Queen Katherine in Westminster Abbey, and quoted in full in the contemporary Chronicle of William of Worcester.
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
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Author : Leanda de Lisle
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2009-10-13
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen written by Leanda de Lisle and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Sisters Of Treason
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Author : Elizabeth Fremantle
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-06-30
Sisters Of Treason written by Elizabeth Fremantle and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with Fiction categories.
"SISTERS OF TREASON, the second novel by Elizabeth Fremantle, is a story of love, politics and tragedy. Beginning early in Mary Tudor's turbulent reign, SISTERS OF TREASON 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. After Jane's death, Lady Catherine becomes the focus of plots to thwart Mary Stuart's claim on England's throne. Catherine is a young woman driven by a compulsive and ultimately fatal desire to love and be loved. Clever Lady Mary is burdened with a crooked spine and a tiny stature in an age when physical perfection equates to goodness and vice versa. Both girls have inherited the Tudor blood that is more curse than blessing. It is court painter Levina Teerlinc who helps the girls survive Mary's reign, but when the Queen's sister, the hot-headed Elizabeth, inherits the crown, the world at court becomes increasingly treacherous for the Grey girls. For either girl to marry without the queen's permisison would be a potentially fatal political act, perceived as a treasonous grab for the throne, but Elizabeth is unlikely to let either girl ally herself and become an even more dangerous focus for her enemies. Each young woman must decide how far she will go to defy her queen and find the safety and love she longs for"--
The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather
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Author : Richard Davey
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-21
The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather written by Richard Davey and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-21 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Sisters of Lady Jane Grey, and Their Wicked Grandfather: Being the True Stories, of the Strange Lives of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and of the Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, Sisters of Lady Jane Grey, "the Nine-Days' Queen" The strange adventures of the Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, although they excited great interest at the time of their happening, and were of immense contemporary political importance, are now almost unknown, even to professed students of Elizabethan history. The sad fate of these unfortunate princesses has paled before that of their more famous sister, Lady Jane Grey, who, although the heroine of an appalling tragedy, was rather the victim of others than of her own actions. In a sense, she was merely a lay-figure, whereas her sisters, especially Lady Katherine, who played an active part on the stage of history at a later period of life, and possessed an unusually strong personality, were entirely swayed by the most interesting of human passions - love. Lady Katherine was literally done to death by her infatuation for the young Earl of Hertford, the eldest son of that Protector Somerset who suffered death under Edward VI. The feline cruelty with which Queen Elizabeth tormented Lady Katherine, after the clandestine marriage With her lover was revealed, called forth the freely expressed condemnation of Chief Secretary Cecil, who denounced his royal mistress's harshness in no measured terms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
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Author : Leanda De Lisle
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2008
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen written by Leanda De Lisle and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The dramatic untold story of the three tragic Grey sisters, all heirs to the Tudor throne, all victims to their royal blood.
The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather Being The True Stories Of The Strange Lives Of Charles Brandon Duke Of Suffolk And Of The Ladies Katherine And Mary Grey Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey The Nine Days Queen
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Author : Richard Davey
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Release Date : 2018-10-13
The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather Being The True Stories Of The Strange Lives Of Charles Brandon Duke Of Suffolk And Of The Ladies Katherine And Mary Grey Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey The Nine Days Queen written by Richard Davey and has been published by Franklin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-13 with categories.
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The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather
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Author : Richard Patrick Boyle Davey
language : en
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Release Date : 2015-08-23
The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather written by Richard Patrick Boyle Davey and has been published by Sagwan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-23 with categories.
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The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather Being The True Stories Of The Strange Lives Of Charles Brandon Duke Of Suffolk And Of The Ladies Katherine And Mary Grey Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey The Nine Days Queen
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Author : Richard Patrick Boyle Davey
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Release Date : 2018-10-12
The Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey And Their Wicked Grandfather Being The True Stories Of The Strange Lives Of Charles Brandon Duke Of Suffolk And Of The Ladies Katherine And Mary Grey Sisters Of Lady Jane Grey The Nine Days Queen written by Richard Patrick Boyle Davey and has been published by Franklin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-12 with categories.
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.