Lives of the Tudor Princesses Including Lady Jane Gray and Her Sisters
Author: Agnes Strickland
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green, and Company
Published: 1868
Total Pages: 434
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Publisher: London : Longmans, Green, and Company
Published: 1868
Total Pages: 434
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Published: 2017-06-21
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9783337103873
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Agnes Strickland
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781230412580
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... Byron, according to the testimony of her daughter-inlaw, manifested a great poetical genius, which was fostered by the education she obtained under the care of the learned Lady Arabella. She married Sir Thomas Hutchinson, and died at the early age of twenty-six, in the act of singing a divine strain of sacred melody. Margaret Byron had always been celebrated for her heavenly voice, but her expiring notes surpassed all she had ever sung before. chapter xii. Arabella at first tried to resign herself to her fate, and spent some time in working an elaborate piece of embroidery to present to the king, who up to the unlucky time of her marriage had been uniformly indulgent to her; but when she sent it to him he refused to accept it, to her deep and bitter disappointment.1 Arabella's reason was in a tottering state even before her rash marriage, as several of her letters prove. The following is supposed to have been addressed to her royal cousin, Henry Prince of Wales, before his death: --"Sweet Brother, --Every one forsakes me but those that cannot helpe me. "Your most vnfortunate sister, "Arbella Seymouke." 2 At the marriage of the king's young daughter, the Princess Elizabeth, with the Elector Palatine, she ordered four costly dresses, one of which cost no less than 1 Harleian ms., No. 7003, fol. 153. From her autograph, in the possession of John Thane. 1613. becomes insane. 389 fifteen hundred pounds--a proof that she was not, as falsely represented by some writers, without money, but was still in possession of enough to lavish in idle and useless extravagance. Her mind was at last unhinged, and though she continued to petition the king for liberation and pardon, her letters became incoherent, and she was pronounced mad. In the postscript of...
Author: Agnes Strickland
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green, and Company
Published: 1868
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Leanda De Lisle
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2010-03
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0007219067
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mary, Katherine, and Jane Grey--sisters whose mere existence nearly toppled a kingdom and altered a nation's destiny--are the captivating subjects of de Lisle's book. The author breathes fresh life into these three women's lives and provides perspective on their place within history.
Author: Leanda de Lisle
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2009-10-13
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0345516680
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.