{"id":12137,"date":"2017-03-20T10:51:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=12137"},"modified":"2017-03-20T10:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:51:57","slug":"review-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=12137","title":{"rendered":"Review of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The year started with a guest article by Stephan Edwards about Lady Jane\u2019s prayer book<\/b><\/a>. Also I finished the second article in my \u2018Richard Davey\u2019 series, looking at \u2018Richard Davey and the Wedding of Lady Jane Grey<\/b><\/a>. The paperback of Suzannah Dunn\u2019s \u2018The Lady of Misrule\u2019 (in which Jane is a main character) was published this month. <\/p>\n


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February saw the 462nd anniversary of Jane\u2019s execution and the 500th anniversary of the birth of Mary Tudor. I investigated the relationship between the two rival Queens in \u2018Queen Mary and Lady Jane.\u2019 <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n


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(c) Paramount Pictures<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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\u2018John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey\u2019s Father-in-Law\u2019 by Christine Hartweg was published at the beginning of the month and Christine answered my questions in an interview<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n


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(c) Christine Hartweg<\/p><\/div>\n


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In March I took part in two book blog tours. The first was to celebrate the UK publication of \u2018On the Trail of the Yorks by Kristie Dean, for which Kristie wrote a guest post about the Tower of London<\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n


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(c) Amberley Publishing<\/p><\/div>\n


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The second was for \u2018In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII by Sarah Morris and Natalie Grueninger.\u2019 The authors wrote a guest article about Rye House <\/b><\/a>(the main childhood home of Katherine Parr).<\/p>\n


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(c) Amberley Publishing<\/p><\/div>\n


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In April I finally got round to writing about two places relating to Lady Jane and the Tudors \u2013 Framlingham Castle<\/b><\/a> and the Tower of London<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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(c) At Framlingham Castle<\/p><\/div>\n


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April also saw my visit to Sudeley Castle<\/b><\/a>, once home of Lady Jane in the summer of 1548 and the location of her first public role.<\/p>\n


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Sudeley Castle<\/p><\/div>\n


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I reached a certain birthday milestone this month and my wonderful family gave me a Lady Jane Grey rose, a birthday cake featuring Lady Jane and a stay at Hever Castle.<\/p>\n


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Lady Jane Grey Rose<\/p><\/div>\n


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My Birthday Cake<\/p><\/div>\n


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\u2018The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain\u2019s Greatest Dynasty\u2019 by Tracy Borman was published in May. You can read all about the private lives of the Tudors in my interview <\/b><\/a>with Tracy.<\/p>\n


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(c) Hodder & Stoughton<\/p><\/div>\n


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I visited the V&A Museum and saw the Teerlinc miniature<\/b><\/a> of Lady Katherine Grey.<\/p>\n

Lady Jane was featured in an article in the June issue of History Today magazine. Alison Kinney investigates the myth of the executioner\u2019s mask, in \u2018Off with his Hood.\u2019 Jane was also included in three books published this month. ‘The Tudor Brandons: Mary and Charles \u2013 Henry VIII\u2019s Nearest & Dearest\u2019 by Sarah-Beth Watkins was about Jane\u2019s maternal grandparents. Sarah answered my questions in an interview<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n


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(c) Chronos Books<\/p><\/div>\n


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Lady Jane was mentioned in Elizabeth Freemantle\u2019s new work of historical fiction about Arbella Stuart. Elizabeth answered my questions about \u2018The Girl in the Glass Tower<\/b><\/a>.\u2019 Thanks to Michael Joseph (Penguin Random House) five lucky UK readers won a copy of what The Times Saturday Review called their \u2018Book of the Month.’<\/p>\n


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(c) Michael Joseph<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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The paper back of \u2018Henry VIII\u2019s Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady in Waiting to the Tudors\u2019 by David Baldwin was also published. The book about Jane\u2019s step-grandmother includes a chapter on the events of July 1553.<\/p>\n

Lady Jane Grey was the Final Major project of Lauren Summers, Costumier and Dressmaker<\/b><\/a>. Lauren recreated Jane’s dress from the ‘Lady Jayne’\/Streatham portrait.<\/p>\n


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(c) Lauren Summers, Costumier and Dressmaker<\/p><\/div>\n


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On 15th July, \u2018The Lady Jane Grey\u2019s Prayer Book: British Library Harley Manuscript 2342, Fully Illustrated and Transcribed\u2019 by Stephan Edwards was published. Stephan answered my questions<\/b><\/a> about this fascinating prayer book, which Jane wrote in and carried to her execution.<\/p>\n


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(c) Stephan Edwards<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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I also took part in the book blog tour to celebrate the UK publication of \u2018Prince Arthur: The Tudor King Who Never Was\u2019 by Sean Cunningham, for which Sean wrote a guest post about \u2018Arthur and Catherine: Why a Five-Month Tudor Marriage Still Matters to British History<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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The paperback of \u2018The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor\u2019 by Elizabeth Norton was also published this month. <\/p>\n


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(c) Head of Zeus<\/p><\/div>\n


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In August I visited Montacute House in Somerset to see the Lady Jayne Streatham portrait. The portrait has been on display in Room 2 since the late spring of 2015. I added the current description of the portrait to A look at how the Streatham portrait has been displayed over the years\u2026<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n


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Lady Jane featured in an article in issue 5 of History of Royals magazine. The article, \u2018Conspiring against the Queen\u2019 by Tom Garner, was an in depth look at the Wyatt rebellion of 1554. The defeat of which, led to the execution of Jane and Guildford.<\/p>\n


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(c) Imagine Publishing<\/p><\/div>\n


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(c) Imagine Publishing<\/p><\/div>
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\u2018The Birth of a Queen: Essays on the Quincentenary of Mary I\u2019 edited by Sarah Duncan and Valerie Schutte, which featured Jane was published in September. <\/p>\n


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(c) Palgrave Macmillan<\/p><\/div>\n


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I also added \u2018The Funeral of Queen Katherine Parr\u2019 to Events by Place at Sudeley Castle<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n


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\u2018Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars\u2019 by Linda Porter was published in October. You can read about Catherine Grey\u2019s grandson, who became governor to the Prince of Wales in 1641, in my interview <\/b><\/a> with Linda.<\/p>\n


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Two books that mention Jane, \u2018Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth Century Europe\u2019 by Sarah Gristwood and \u2018The Lives of Tudor Women\u2019 by Elizabeth Norton were also published this month. <\/p>\n


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(c) Oneworld Publications<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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I took part in the book blog tour for \u2018The Lives of Tudor Women\u2019 for which Elizabeth wrote a guest article about Tudor Women and Religion<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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Our stay at Hever Castle in the Astor Wing took place in October. A welcome bonus was this portrait of Katherine Grey outside the breakfast room.<\/p>\n


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Portrait of Katherine Grey in the Astor Wing at Hever Castle<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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Lady Jane featured on the cover of BBC History Magazine, in an article by Nicola Tallis about the \u2018Curse of the Nine Day Queen.\u2019 <\/p>\n


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Nicola Tallis\u2019s new biography of Jane, \u2018Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey\u2019 was published on the 3rd November. Nicola answered my questions in an interview.<\/b><\/a> Thanks to Michael O\u2019Mara Books, one lucky UK winner won a copy of this fascinating new book. On publication day, Nicola was interviewed by BBC Radio Leicester. These are the main points from the interview<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In December, \u2018Crown of Blood\u2019 was published in the USA. Thanks to Pegasus Books, one lucky US winner won a copy.<\/p>\n


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The Tudor Society released an e-book about Lady Jane Grey as part of their Tudor Monarchs Books series. I was very pleased to see that my article about Jane\u2019s death and burial (from the February 2015 issue of \u2018Tudor Life Magazine\u2019) has been included in the book.<\/p>\n


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(c) Made Global Publishing<\/p><\/div>\n


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Issue 9 of History of Royals magazine featured an interview with Nicola Tallis.<\/p>\n


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(c) Imagine Publishing<\/p><\/div>\n


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Books published in 2016 that featured Jane included: \u2018The Lady Jane Grey\u2019s Prayer Book: British Library Harley Manuscript 2342, Fully Illustrated and Transcribed\u2019 by Stephan Edwards, \u2018Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey\u2019 by Nicola Tallis, \u2018John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey\u2019s Father-In-Law\u2019 by Christine Hartweg, \u2018The Girl in the Glass Tower\u2019 by Elizabeth Freemantle, \u2018The Tudor Brandons: Mary and Charles \u2013 Henry VIII\u2019s Nearest & Dearest\u2019 by Sarah-Beth Watkins, \u2018The Birth of a Queen Essays on the Quincentenary of Mary I\u2019 edited by Sarah Duncan and Valerie Schutte, \u2018Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth Century Europe\u2019 by Sarah Gristwood, \u2018The Lives of Tudor Women\u2019 by Elizabeth Norton, \u2018The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Hidden Secrets of Britain\u2019s Greatest Dynasty\u2019 by Tracy Borman, \u2018Mary I: The Daughter of Time\u2019 by John Edwards, ‘Lady Jane Grey’ by The Tudor Society, \u2018Henry VIII\u2019s Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady in Waiting to the Tudors\u2019 (paperback) by David Baldwin, \u2018The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor\u2019 by Elizabeth Norton, \u2018The Lady of Misrule\u2019 by Suzannah Dunn and \u2018The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox\u2019 (paperback) by Alison Weir.<\/p>\n


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