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Documents of Lady Jane Grey nine days Queen of England, 1553
By Taylor, James R. & Grey, Jane Communication Had Betwene the Lady Iane and Fecknam
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-87586-334-4
- Publisher
- New York : Algora Pub., c2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 27, 2004
Henry VIII's ill-fated great-niece left a modest collection of personal papers, assembled here for the first time by independent scholar Taylor. The book includes a recently discovered cache of undated letters, as well as missives about Jane penned by others and rendered here, for the most part, in modern English. Taylor succeeds in furnishing insights into the remarkable mind of this young, 16th-century Protestant noblewoman, whose piety (she began corresponding with religious scholars at age 13) sustained her through a fatal political crisis. Jane was well behind in the line of succession for the English crown, but...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
