Nine Days a Queen : : the Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey
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Lady Jane Grey, who at sixteen was Queen of England for nine days before being executed, recounts her life story from the age of nine. I had freckles. I had sandy hair. I was too short. Would my feet even touch the ground if I sat on the throne? These are the words of lady Jane Grey, as imagined by celebrated author Ann Rinaldi. Jane would become Queen of England for only nine days before being beheaded at the age of sixteen. Here is a breathtaking story of English royalty with its pageantry, privilege, and surprising cruelty. As she did in her previous novel Mutiny's Daughter , Ms. Rinaldi uses powerful, evocative writing to bring to life a teenage girl caught in the grip of stirring times.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Well-written
submitted by jfogart on August 14, 2014, 12:59pm
Ann Rinaldi draws you in every time even if you know what's going to happen to the main character. Interesting to read with Rinaldi's other book "The Redheaded Princess."
Despite having left my teen years far behind, Rinaldi does a superb job of capturing female adolescence and making her characters easy to relate to and likable.
PUBLISHED
New York : HarperCollins, c2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: 184 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0060549238 :
SUBJECTS
Grey, Jane, -- Lady, -- 1537-1554 -- Fiction.
Queens -- Great Britain.
Executions and executioners -- Fiction.
Kings, queens, rulers, etc. -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Edward VI, 1547-1553 -- Fiction.