Review: Innocent Traitor: a novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
Weir has written a fictitious account of the sad life and beheading of Lady Jane Grey, niece of Henry VIII. Manipulated into a marriage against her will by authoritarian parents and forced to assume the thrown of England after the demise of Edward, Henry's son, Lady Jane Grey was a pawn in the hands of unscrupulous, power hungry traitors. Not only was this novel an education in the history of ascension of the royal family, but a moving account of an innocent child preyed upon throughout her short life by authorities that were superior to her. Her only champions were her nursemaid and of all people, the woman who had her reluctantly beheaded, Mary. Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon did her best to spare Lady Jane Grey's life by offering her the chance to renounce her belief in Protestantism and embrace Catholicism; however, Lady Jane refused thus sealing her own fate.
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