The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The tragedy of Mary

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作者	Leanda de Lisle
出版社	HarperPress
ISBN	9780007351701
出版时间	2009-11-12
字数	67.4万
分类	HarperPress,进口书,外文原版书,法律,政治,宗教

读书简介

The dramatic untold story of the three tragic Grey sisters, all heirs to the Tudor throne, all victims to their royal blood. Lady Jane Grey is an icon of innocence abused. Remembered as the ‘Nine Days Queen’, she has been mythologized as a child-woman sacrificed to political expedience. But behind the legend lay a rebellious adolescent who became a leader, and no mere victim. Growing up in her shadow, Jane’s sisters Katherine and Mary would have to tread carefully to survive. The dramatic lives of the younger Grey sisters remain little known, but both women became heirs and rivals to the Tudor monarchs, Mary and Elizabeth I. To gain Queen Mary’s trust, teenaged Katherine ignored Jane’s final request not to change her religion, only to risk her life with a marriage that threatened Queen Elizabeth’s throne. While Katherine’s friends fought to save her, the youngest Grey sister, Mary, stayed at court. Though too poor and plain to be significant, she looked set to escape the burden of her royal blood. But then she too fell in love and incurred the Queen’s fury. Exploding the many myths of Lady Jane’s life, and casting fresh light onto Elizabeth’s reign, acclaimed historian Leanda de Lisle brings the Grey sisters’ tumultuous world to life: at a time when a royal marriage could gain you a kingdom, or cost you everything.

目录

Cover Page

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

Family Trees

Prologue

PART ONE Educating Jane

Chapter I Beginning

Chapter II First Lessons

Chapter III Jane's Wardship

Chapter IV The Example of Catherine Parr

Chapter V The Execution of Sudeley

Chapter VI Northumberland's 'Crew'

Chapter VII Bridling Jane

Chapter VIII Jane and Mary

PART TWO Queen and Martyr

Chapter IX No Poor Child

Chapter X A Married Woman

Chapter XI Jane the Queen

Chapter XII A Prisoner in the Tower

Chapter XIII A Fatal Revolt

PART THREE Heirs to Elizabeth

Chapter XIV Aftermath

Chapter XV Growing Up

Chapter XVI The Spanish Plot

Chapter XVII Betrothal

Chapter XVIII A Knot of Secret Might

Chapter XIX First Son

Chapter XX Parliament and Katherine's Claim

Chapter XXI Hales's Tempest

PART FOUR Lost Love

Chapter XXII The Lady Mary and Mr Keyes

Chapter XXIII The Clear Choice

Chapter XXIV While I Lived, Yours

Chapter XXV The Last Sister

Chapter XXVI A Return to Elizabeth's Court

Chapter XXVII Katherine's Sons and the Death of Elizabeth

Chapter XXVIII The Story's End

Epilogue

Author's Note

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Other Books By

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher