Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days, dying on the scaffold for her faith. But few people know about her two sisters, cousins to Elizabeth I who also faced imprisonment and death sentences for treason.
Katherine Grey was the beauty of the family who earned the lifelong hatred of her cousin Elizabeth I when she married for love. Mary Grey was an extraordinary little person known as a dwarf in Tudor times, who defied convention to marry the tallest man at court in her own secret love match.
The fascinating story of three idiosyncratic Tudor girls and their challenges to the most powerful Tudor woman of all is the subject of the next novel from the author who defines what it means to be a writer of historical fiction (RT Book Reviews)."
This was a fantastic read. I knew this time period very well because I love reading about Queen Elizabeth, yet I still found myself rooting for the Grey sisters, hoping against hope that they would get a happy ending, even though I knew how it would all turn out. Philippa Gregory is one of those authors who does such an outstanding job bringing history alive that you forget the ending while engrossed in her novels.
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