Anne Askew

Lady Jane Grey and Her Times

by Ida Ashworth TAYLOR (1847 - 1929)

Lady Jane Grey was an English noblewoman, great-granddaughter of Henry VII. As her cousin, Edward VI, lay on his death-bed, he nominated her as his successor to the English crown ahead of his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth. Jane's reign lasted a mere nine days, before she was convicted of treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Often considered one of the most romantic characters of royal history, Taylor gives us a full biography of the Nine Day Queen. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Listen next episodes of Lady Jane Grey and Her Times:
The King Dying , After King Edward’s Death , An Anxious Tutor , Discontent at the Spanish Match , Katherine Parr’s Unhappy Married Life , Lady Jane and her Husband Doomed , Lady Jane as Queen , Lady Jane Grey at Home , Lady Jane’s Correspondence with Bullinger , Lady Jane’s Temporary Return to her Father , Mary’s Marriage in Question , Northumberland and the King , Northumberland at Bay , Seymour and the Princess Elizabeth , The King Dying , The Protector’s Position , Trial and Condemnation of Northumberland , Triumph of the New Men , Turn of the Tide