In an epilogue, De Lisle examines how, in Jane’s case, fiction has been piled on fact over the centuries to create a young woman whom Jane herself might not have recognized. In this impressively researched study, the three sisters emerge as distinct personalities: the staunchly evangelical Jane, who here is very different from the mere helpless puppet of her parents’ ambitions the reckless Katherine, whose secret marriage and closeness to the throne ran her afoul of Elizabeth and Mary, who also married secretly but who alone of the sisters died a free woman. In The Sisters Who Would Be Queen, de Lisle tells the story of Lady Jane Grey and her lesser-known sisters, Katherine and Mary, all of whom would spend time in the Tower.
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