Perhaps, as many reviewers seem to think, this book was not researched as much as it should have been. Perhaps there were historical errors in it. But who cares? Why shouldn''t the author make up some little details to spin a rich web of magical, real characters as she has? The author has taken bare facts and transformed them into an emotional, realistic tale about the tragic Nine Days Queen. We should not abuse her for it,...
1Report
Wow, what can I say? This is an utterly amazing book and I couldn't put it down!! I am 16 myself, knowing hardly anyhing of Lady Jane Grey beforehand, but I found this a helpful book! The fact that a Lady so young could stand for God and die for him. The book is made more interesting by adding in the love story which is so sad, but happy! The emotions of the Lady herself were brought out so much that I feel differently about...
1Report
I first learned of Lady Jane Grey when I saw an ad for the movie (with Cary Elwes in it, whom I love)and just had to find out more about Jane Grey. I researched and researched and she has become one of my favorite people in history. It's amazing that such a young girl could have faced so many trials. When I read Coronation of Glory I absolutly loved it! I must agree with some reviewers, that this book isn't really a biography,...
1Report
Lady Jane Grey's life was anything but normal. At a very young age, she was sent to court to be a lady-in-waiting to Catherine Parr, last Queen of Henry VIII. There, she became very close to Catherine and learned of the Reformed religion. She also learned the horrors of queenship, and became grateful of the fact she would never become one . . . or so she thought. After the death of Henry VIII, she became the ward of Thomas...
1Report
I was suprised to see so much information on her in this book, for the fact that not much on the information on Jane Grey is still around...heck...we don't even have a picture or an idea of what her husband looked like...some claim Jane Grey was a beauty...but no matter what, she was surely a beauty on the inside.
1Report