The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey. Leanda Lisle de

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       The Sisters Who Would Be Queen

      The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine & Lady Jane Grey

      Leanda de Lisle

      

       Dedication

       For Peter, Rupert, Christian and Dominic, with love

       Epigraph

       ‘Such as ruled and were queens were for the most part wicked, ungodly, superstitious, and given to idolatry and to all filthy abominations as we may see in the histories of Queen Jezebel’

      THOMAS BECON 1554

      Contents

       Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Family Trees

Prologue

PART ONE Educating Jane

Chapter I Beginning

Chapter II First Lessons

Chapter III Jane’s Wardship

Chapter IV The Example of Catherine Parr

Chapter V The Execution of Sudeley

Chapter VI Northumberland’s ‘Crew’

Chapter VII Bridling Jane

Chapter VIII Jane and Mary

PART TWO Queen and Martyr

Chapter IX No Poor Child

       Chapter X A Married Woman

       Chapter XI Jane the Queen

       Chapter XII A Prisoner in the Tower

       Chapter XIII A Fatal Revolt

       PART THREE Heirs to Elizabeth

       Chapter XIV Aftermath

       Chapter XV Growing Up

       Chapter XVI The Spanish Plot

       Chapter XVII Betrothal

       Chapter XVIII A Knot of Secret Might

       Chapter XIX First Son

       Chapter XX Parliament and Katherine’s Claim

       Chapter XXI Hales’s Tempest

       PART FOUR Lost Love

       Chapter XXII The Lady Mary and Mr Keyes

       Chapter XXIII The Clear Choice

       Chapter XXIV While I Lived, Yours

       Chapter XXV The Last Sister

       Chapter XXVI A Return to Elizabeth’s Court

       Chapter XXVII Katherine’s Sons and the Death of Elizabeth

       Chapter XXVIII The Story’s End

       Epilogue

       Author’s Note

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       Other Books By

       About the Author

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Family Trees