Description
In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radical reassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits of Jane both as hapless victim of political intrigue or Protestant martyr. Instead he presents her as an accomplished young woman with a fierce personal integrity. The result is a compelling dissection by a master historian and storyteller of one of history's most shocking injustices.
Author: Eric Ives
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 10/17/2011
Pages: 410
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781444350180
ISBN10: 1444350188
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Royalty
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
About the Author
Eric Ives is Emeritus Professor of English History at the University of Birmingham and author of The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004). He has written widely on Tudor history, the history of law, and on the development of modern higher education. In 2001 he was awarded the OBE for services to history and the University of Birmingham.
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