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Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced onto the throne by
28 January 1457 . England is in the grip of the Wars of the Roses. Inside the walls of Pembroke Castle a thirteen-year-old girl gives birth to a boy. The ordeal nearly kills them both, forging a powerful bond that will see mother and son work together to
'Nicola Tallis, one of our great popular historians.' Alison Weir The first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era. Cousin to Elizabeth I and very likely also Henry VIIIs illegitimate granddaughter L
As seen on The Rest is History and History Extra. 'Through Talliss brilliant writing we see how Elizabeth was shaped.' - Alice Loxton, BBC History Magazine ' A pacy narrative, written with a clear love for and detailed knowledge of her subject
From Margaret of Anjou to Katherine Parr, All the Queens Jewels examines the jewellery collections of the ten queen consorts of England between 1445 1548 and investigates the collections of jewels a queen had access to, as well as the varying contexts in