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The Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, and Her Times — Richard Davey

The Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, and Her Times

Richard Davey

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 419 pages

Richard Davey’s historical study portrays Lady Jane Grey and the turbulent Tudor age. It follows her brief nine-day reign and sets it within the political and religious conflicts of sixteenth-century England. Listeners will find a carefully researched biography and a vivid portrait of a turning point in English history.

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ROMANTIC HISTORY
GŧƿŧǡĵƯ EŠƗǵLjǡ: MĵǡǵƗƿ HǼƽŧ, M.A.
THE NINE DAYS’ QUEEN
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Tƒŧ PĵƄŧĵƿǵ Ljż LLjƿŠLjƿ
Tƒŧ SǼƯǵĵƿ ĵƿŠ ƒƗǪ SǼœƨŧŕǵǪ
LADY JANE GREY
FROM THE PAINTING BY LUCAS DE HEERE AT ALTHORP
THE
NINE DAYS’ QUEEN

LADY JANE GREY
AND HER TIMES
BY
RICHARD DAVEY
EDITED, AND WITH INTRODUCTION, BY
MARTIN HUME, M.A.
WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1909
TO
MY DEAR WIFE
ELEANORA DAVEY

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Contents

  1. THE NINE DAYS’ QUEEN
  2. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. THE NINE DAYS’ QUEEN
  7. CHAPTER I BRADGATE HALL AND THE GREYS OF GROBY
  8. CHAPTER II BIRTH AND EDUCATION
  9. CHAPTER III THE LADY LATIMER
  10. CHAPTER IV THE KING’S HOUSEHOLD
  11. CHAPTER V MRS. ANNE ASKEW
  12. CHAPTER VI THE HOWARDS AND THE SEYMOURS
  13. CHAPTER VII HENRY VIII
  14. CHAPTER VIII CONCERNING THE LADY JANE AND THE QUEEN-DOWAGER
  15. CHAPTER IX THE QUEEN AND THE LORD HIGH-ADMIRAL
  16. CHAPTER X THE LADY JANE GOES TO SEYMOUR PLACE
  17. CHAPTER XI THE EDUCATION OF LADY JANE
  18. CHAPTER XII JOHN DUDLEY, EARL OF WARWICK
  19. CHAPTER XIII THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SOMERSET
  20. CHAPTER XIV THE LADY JANE MARRIES THE LORD GUILDFORD
  21. CHAPTER XV ON THE WAY TO THE TOWER
  22. CHAPTER XVI THE LADY JANE IS PROCLAIMED QUEEN
  23. CHAPTER XVII THE NINE DAYS’ REIGN
  24. CHAPTER XVIII THE LAST DAYS OF NORTHUMBERLAND
  25. CHAPTER XIX THE TRIAL OF QUEEN JANE
  26. CHAPTER XX THE SUPREME HOUR!
  27. CHAPTER XXI THE FATE OF THE SURVIVORS
  28. APPENDIX ICONOGRAPHY OF LADY JANE GREY AND HER FAMILY, ETC.
  29. INDEX
  30. FOOTNOTES

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