Monday, October 3

England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey

In 1553 Tudor England, Wales and Ireland is taken to the brink of a bloody civil war when the dying King Edward VI, son of Henry VIII, leaves the throne, not to his elder sister, Mary, but to his cousin, the Lady Jane Grey. This is a story of intrigue, conspiracy, political maneuvering and a capital city preparing to be attacked. It is also the story of a young woman, ferociously manipulated by powerful men in the palace, who ends up losing her life as a result. Historian and medievalist Helen Castor sets out to take a close look at the first woman to sit on the English throne, not as consort, but as a reigning Queen. (3 EPS, 2018)