Chapter 9. Sister and Brother
Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch9
Copyright © 2009 Eric Ives
Book Title
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
Additional Information
How to Cite
Ives, E. (2009) Sister and Brother, in Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch9
Publication History
- Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
- Published Print: 18 SEP 2009
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405194136
Online ISBN: 9781444307832
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- sister and brother;
- Princess Mary, displaying naivety in affairs and chronic lack of self-confidence;
- successful coup against Jane Grey;
- her ‘strong constitution’ - suffering ‘of late from headache and serious psychological stress’;
- Mary heeding the warning of Robert Rochester - that if she left England she would lose all chance of succession;
- Edward's ‘deuise’ - Mary, ‘in great perplexity’ and desperate for advice from Charles V;
- another side to Mary Tudor's character and absolute conviction about her duty to God;
- Northumberland, restoring Mary her ‘full arms as princess of England