Reviews - Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey

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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey

Nicola Tallis

4.0 AVERAGE

theatomicblonde22's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

ameliajasmine24's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional informative sad medium-paced

I found this book very readable in its language. While I did appreciate it for its educational value, I wish more time had been spent on Jane's childhood. I know she only lived for 17 years, but dedicating the late 120+ pages of a book to 7 months of a person's life seemed to smack of overkill. I found myself losing interest in some of the minute details and skimmed a bit. Overall, a little too dense at the end, but still worth the read.

lmwrites's review

4.0

As someone who got into the concept of Tudor history through a historical fiction reimagining of the events of Jane Grey's life, reading a biography like this has been a long time coming. Seeing how Jane's actual life went down and the incredibly complex young woman who would have such a short reign over England was an eye-opening read.

numbuh12's review

3.5

dark informative sad fast-paced

imyourmausoleum's review

4.0

informative medium-paced

Lady Jane Grey was the granddaughter of King Henry VII. She was the first cousin once removed of Henry VIII's children. When Edward VI, was dying, he nominated Lady Jane to assume the throne of England. He removed his sisters, Mary I and Elizabeth I, from the line of succession in doing this. All of this caused quite a controversy and ended up in the execution of Lady Jane Grey. Nicola Tallis is a wonderful author and historian, and her books are very informative, interesting, and superbly well researched.