Innocent Traitor
Alison Weir
*Starred Review* The title of this complex yet completely absorbing
novel reflects the author's point of view as she reconstructs the life
of the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey. That this is popular historian Weir's
first novel is publishing news (see the adjacent Story behind the
Story). Lady Jane Grey was a great-niece of King Henry VIII of England,
and the term political pawn could have been invented for her. In
alternating voices, each distinctively authentic, Weir lets Lady Jane
and other individuals involved in her life and fate tell their sides of
the story, and what a story it is. King Henry, it will be remembered,
novel reflects the author's point of view as she reconstructs the life
of the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey. That this is popular historian Weir's
first novel is publishing news (see the adjacent Story behind the
Story). Lady Jane Grey was a great-niece of King Henry VIII of England,
and the term political pawn could have been invented for her. In
alternating voices, each distinctively authentic, Weir lets Lady Jane
and other individuals involved in her life and fate tell their sides of
the story, and what a story it is. King Henry, it will be remembered,
Categories:
Year:
2010
Publisher:
Random House
Language:
english
ISBN:
802EC9DD-187D-406B-AE13-003193415102
File:
MOBI , 857 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2010