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Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey (2007)

by Alison Weir

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    Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey by Ann Rinaldi (joririchardson)
    joririchardson: Both books are about the 9 day reign of Lady Jane Grey.
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    Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman (lanaing)
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    A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell (shamicnic)
    shamicnic: This is another historical fiction piece that readers may enjoy.
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    The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (shamicnic)
    shamicnic: This historical fiction book preceeds "Innocent Traitor" by telling the story of Anne Boleyn from the intriguing point of view of her sister, Mary Boleyn.
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A great story about a little known and very brief Queen of England. Alison Weir does an amazing job of using psychology and historical facts to (re)create the life of Lady Jane Grey. Tragic from the beginning. ( )
  MichelleCH | Apr 5, 2013 |
In Weir's first foray into historical fiction, she sticks to what she knows. This story of Lady Jane Grey and the people who propelled her to the throne of England is relentlessly sad. The period is conjured up so deftly one can almost smell it, and the characters are well drawn. My only complaint is that the rapid-fire changing of narrators is hard to follow unless on pays very strict attention to the chapter headings. Recommended for Tudor history fans. ( )
  satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 |
Last night I finished Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey (historical fiction by Alison Weir.) It had been about ten years since I had read either fiction or non-fiction set in the Tudor Era (which I had read prolifically) and I was wondering, before I began, what the author could possibly bring to the table that was new or insightful. Moreover, I am always slightly bemused and even amused by historical fiction set within the the Royal Tudors' milieu as the facts of the time are often more incredible than the fictions set up around them! To be fair though, Alison Weir writes both well-researched fiction and non-fiction and, the fiction that she writes is well within the realm of possibilities. This is the story of the "Nine Day Queen" of England who succeeded her cousin, King Edward VI, to the throne. At the time she was a fifteen year-old girl, used as a pawn in royal intrigues and lets just say, hers is not a "happily ever after" princess-gets-her-prince fairy tale. For those who don't know her story, this is a great way to get acquainted with the time, place, politics and characters. For those who are familiar with the story, it reinforces the politico-religious dichotomy and the high stakes at play. ( )
  Tanya-dogearedcopy | Apr 4, 2013 |
This is an excellent fictionalised account of the life of Lady Jane Gray, the 9 days Queen. Alison Weir has used the historical framework and has allowed herself to fill in the blanks, to try and get inside the characters heads, to expose their feelings and motivations. It's one of those where you know the ending, but how the events unfolded is where the interest lies. Jane is one of those pawns caught up in the ambitions of those around her. It's told in the first person, with the tale being predominatly told by Jane, her Hurse, her mother, Mary Tudor and Catherine Parr. There is a slight jarr when, mid way through the tale, the Duke of Nortumberland appears, but he is a major player. It's certainly an interesting way of telling the story.
I was pleased to find that the audiobook included the author's notes seciton at the end, where she explains where the fictional element of the book lies, and that the more fantastical elements are based on documentary evidence. ( )
  Helenliz | Apr 1, 2013 |
ugh!!!! She may be a great historian, but she's no novelist. The use of first person was extremely ill advised. There were massive info dumps. It bored me. ( )
  GinnyTea | Mar 31, 2013 |
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'If my faults deserve punishment, my youth at least, and my imprudence, were worthy of excuse. God and posterity will show me more favour.

Written by Lady Jane Grey in the Tower of London,
February 1554
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This book
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my dear mother
and to Jim
who has been a father to me.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345495349, Paperback)

I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live.

Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir’s enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English monarchy. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey–“the Nine Days’ Queen”–a fifteen-year-old girl who unwittingly finds herself at the center of the religious and civil unrest that nearly toppled the fabled House of Tudor during the sixteenth century.

The child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, for whom she is merely a pawn in a dynastic game with the highest stakes, Jane Grey was born during the harrowingly turbulent period between Anne Boleyn’s beheading and the demise of Jane’s infamous great-uncle, King Henry VIII. With the premature passing of Jane’s adolescent cousin, and Henry’s successor, King Edward VI, comes a struggle for supremacy fueled by political machinations and lethal religious fervor.

Unabashedly honest and exceptionally intelligent, Jane possesses a sound strength of character beyond her years that equips her to weather the vicious storm. And though she has no ambitions to rule, preferring to immerse herself in books and religious studies, she is forced to accept the crown, and by so doing sets off a firestorm of intrigue, betrayal, and tragedy.

Alison Weir uses her unmatched skills as a historian to enliven the many dynamic characters of this majestic drama. Along with Lady Jane Grey, Weir vividly renders her devious parents; her much-loved nanny; the benevolent Queen Katherine Parr; Jane’s ambitious cousins; the Catholic “Bloody” Mary, who will stop at nothing to seize the throne; and the protestant and future queen Elizabeth. Readers venture inside royal drawing rooms and bedchambers to witness the power-grabbing that swirls around Lady Jane Grey from the day of her birth to her unbearably poignant death. Innocent Traitor paints a complete and compelling portrait of this captivating young woman, a faithful servant of God whose short reign and brief life would make her a legend.

“An impressive debut. Weir shows skill at plotting and maintaining tension, and she is clearly going to be a major player in the . . . historical fiction game.”
–The Independent

“Alison Weir is one of our greatest popular historians. In her first work of fiction . . . Weir manages her heroine’s voice brilliantly, respecting the past’s distance while conjuring a dignified and fiercely modern spirit.”
–London Daily Mail


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A fictional portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the great-niece of Henry VIII, follows her turbulent life against the backdrop of Tudor power politics and religious upheaval, from her youth, to her nine-day reign as Queen of England, to its tragic aftermath.

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