ThefinalbookoftheTudorseriesfrom#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorPhilippaGregoryfeaturesoneofthemostfamouswomeninhistory,LadyJaneGrey,andhertwosisters,eachofwhomdaredtodefyherqueen.JaneGreywasqueenofEnglandforninedays.Herfatherandhisalliescrownedherinsteadofthedeadking’shalf-sisterMaryTudor,whoquicklymusteredanarmy,claimedherthrone,andlockedJaneintheTowerofLondon.WhenJanerefusedtobetrayherProtestantfaith,Marysenthertotheexecutioner’sblock,whereJanetransformedherfather’sgreedypower-grabintotragicmartyrdom.“Learnyoutodie,“wastheadviceJanewrotetoheryoungersisterKatherine,whohasnointentionofdying.Sheintendstoenjoyherbeautyandheryouthandfallinlove.ButsheisheirtotheinsecureandinfertileQueenMaryandthentohersisterQueenElizabeth,whowillneverallowKatherinetomarryandproduceaTudorson.WhenKatherine’spregnancybetrayshersecretmarriage,shefacesimprisonmentintheTower,onlyyardsfromhersister’sscaffold.“Farewell,mysister,“writesKatherinetotheyoungestGreysister,Mary.Abeautifuldwarf,disregardedbythecourt,Marykeepsfamilysecrets,especiallyherown,whileavoidingElizabeth’ssuspiciousglare.Afterseeinghersistersdefytheirqueens,Maryisacutelyawareofherowndanger,butdeterminedtocommandherownlife.WhatwillhappenwhenthelastTudordefiesherruthlessandunforgivingcousinQueenElizabeth?
