xii, [13]-298 pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt titles. Frontispiece of Lady Jane Grey, which has a few points of resemblance to the Streatham portrait. English noblewoman Lady Jane Grey is one of the most romanticized monarchs of Tudor England. Her short, nine-day rule was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain Protestant rule. This challenge cost her the throne and her head. Lady Jane Grey was born in 1537, in Leicester, England. Her life began with promise and high expectations but ended tragically, due in part to the ambitions of her father and the religious strife of the times. The great-granddaughter of Henry VII, Grey was named the successor to Edward VI during a tumultuous competition for the throne. She was deposed as Queen of England by Mary Tudor (“Bloody Mary”) on July 19, 1553—nine days after accepting the crown. Grey was beheaded in London on February 12, 1554.
