After the two Lady Jane Grey exhibitions of 2010, 2011 was a much quieter year Jane wise. Although Dr Stephan Edwards thinks he has discovered an authentic portrait of the nine days queen.<\/p>\n
In February, Helen Castor (author of \u2018She Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth) announced that she was working on 3 documentaries based on her book (which featured Lady Jane) to be broadcast on BBC4 in 2012. On 6th February, the BBC programme, \u2018Countryfile\u2019 visited the National Trust property Dunham Massey<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>in Cheshire. During the tour of the house, there was a glimpse of a portrait of Lady Jane.<\/p>\n Also in February, various sources reported that Delaroche\u2019s painting, \u2018The Execution of Lady Jane Grey\u2019 had inspired the collection by Giles Deacon at London Fashion Week. (London Fashion Week: England Reigns Supreme<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>). You could buy a Giles Deacon Lady Jane t-shirt in December for \u00a3280! (The Independent – Christmas Gifts Gallery<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>). The New York post had Helen Castor\u2019s She Wolves as a required read.<\/p>\n In March, Linda Porter (author of \u2018Mary Tudor: The First Queen\u2019) very kindly answered my questions relating to Mary Tudor and Lady Jane Grey (Interview with Linda Porter<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>). On March 21st, Leanda de Lisle (author of \u2018The Sisters Who Would Be Queen\u2019) gave a talk about Lady Jane and her sisters for the Friends of Charnwood Forest.<\/p>\n In April, Tracy Borman (author of \u2018Elizabeth\u2019s Women\u2019) kindly answered my questions relating to the Grey sisters (Interview with Tracy Borman<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n \u2018The French Queen\u2019s Letters: Mary Tudor and the Politics of Marriage in Sixteenth-Century Europe\u2019 by Dr Erin Sadlack was published in April as part of the \u2018Queenship and Power\u2019 series. I met up with Dr Sadlack the following month and had a very interesting discussion about Mary Tudor, Lady Jane and the tv show \u2018The Tudors.\u2019 (Interview with Dr Erin Sadlack) <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Dr Stephan Edwards updated his research of two supposed portraits of Lady Jane at Wrest Park <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>and Syon. He believes that the Syon Portrait is<\/em> of Lady Jane Grey (Lady Jane Grey Revealed \u2013 The Syon Portrait<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n The National Gallery\u2019s film about the 2012 exhibition \u2018Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey\u2019 can be viewed at their website (Paul Delaroche: Lady Jane Grey <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n Between March and May, \u2018A Ballad of Love and Death: Pre-Raphaelite Photography in Great Britain, 1848-1875\u2019 exhibition at the Musee d\u2019Orsay in Paris, included \u2018a fine 1860s historical study by Ronald Leslie Melville entitled \u2018The Duke of Northumberland offering the Crown to Lady Jane Grey\u2019 (Financial Times).<\/p>\n It was also announced in April that Alison Weir\u2019s sequel to \u2018Innocent Traitor\u2019, called \u2018Dangerous Inheritance\u2019 is a novel about Catherine Grey and Katherine Plantagenet.<\/p>\n In May, Susan Higginbotham started blogging about the Greys:<\/p>\n The Letters of Frances Grey, Marchioness of Dorset<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Signatures of Frances Grey and Adrian Stokes<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Was Lady Jane Grey Precontracted to the Earl of Hertford? <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n How Old Was Guildford Dudley? <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Did Jane Grey\u2019s Parents Resent Her Because She Was Not A Boy?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Frances Grey\u2019s Date of Remarriage, Revisited <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Mary Boleyn or Frances Brandon?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Christmas at Tilty: 1549<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Signatures of Frances Grey and Adrian Stokes<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Helen Castor was interviewed by the History Today Book Club in June (Interview: Helen Castor<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>). She also took part in their podcasts (History Today Podcasts Part One<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> Part Two<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>Part Three <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Dr Anna Whitelock kindly answered my questions about Mary Tudor Interview with Anna Whitelock<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The August edition of BBC History Magazine was a Tudor special. Two of the articles <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>mentioned Lady Jane, as did two of the podcasts<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>. \u2018Three Maids for a Crown: A Novel of the Grey Sisters\u2019 by Ella March Chase was published in the UK this month (Interview with Ella March Chase<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n In September, it was the 10th anniversary of this website. I also visited Syon Park <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>, where Lady Jane Grey was told she was Queen. The paperback version of \u2018Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery\u2019 by Eric Ives was published. Also published was \u2018Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence\u2019 edited by Janel Mueller. Mueller suggests that not only did Katherine Parr give Jane Grey her prayer book but that Katherine wrote it herself.<\/p>\n In December, the British Library\u2019s \u2018Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts Blog,\u2019 posted an article about Jane\u2019s prayerbook. (Rival Queens, Precious Books<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>). The British Library has digitised the prayer book and it can be viewed at Lady Jane Grey\u2019s Prayer Book<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>. Lady Jane Grey mugs were on sale from Culture Label<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Dr Stephan Edwards transcribed and translated ‘Giulio Raviglio Rosso’s Historia delle cose occorse nel regno d’Inghilterra dopo la morte di Odoardo VI’ (History of the things that occurred in the realm of England, in relation to the Duke of Northumberland after the death of Edward VI) (Some Grey Matter – History of the things that occurred in the realm of England, in relation to the Duke of Northumberland after the death of Edward VI<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n Other books published this year that featured Jane include: Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of Londn by Nigel Jones, Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr (paperback) by Linda Porter, England\u2019s Queens: The Biography by Elizabeth Norton, She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth (paperback) by Helen Castor and Mary I: England\u2019s Catholic Queen by John Edwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After the two Lady Jane Grey exhibitions of 2010, 2011 was a much quieter year Jane wise. Although Dr Stephan Edwards thinks he has discovered an authentic portrait of the nine days queen. In February, Helen Castor (author of \u2018She … Continue reading