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Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: Aug 2017
Genre: Fiction - Historical - General
Retail Price: $49.99
Discs: 15
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.
Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days, dying on the scaffold for her faith. But few people know about her two sisters, cousins to Elizabeth I who also faced imprisonment and death sentences for treason.
Katherine Grey was the beauty of the family who earned the lifelong hatred of her cousin Elizabeth I when she married for love. Mary Grey was an extraordinary little person—known as a "dwarf" in Tudor times, who defied convention to marry the tallest man at court in her own secret love match.
The fascinating story of three idiosyncratic Tudor girls and their challenges to the most powerful Tudor woman of all is the subject of the next novel from the author who "defines what it means to be a writer of historical fiction" (RT Book Reviews).
I thoroughly enjoy Ms. Gregorys books, but this one disappointed me. Im sure it is historically accurate because she does great research. But, the book is much too long dragging out the denials of Queen Elizabeth for the various sisters freedom. I almost didnt finish it I was so bored. I wouldnt recommend it.