“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”–Sholom AleichemTo the cultural imagination, stories about tragic rulers are appealing because regular folk...
Edward VI was primed to become an even more disturbing king than his father Henry VIII—until an utterly gruesome end cut his life short.
Lady Jane Grey was the queen with the shortest reign in history. If her name isn’t well known today, maybe that’s because of her dark end.
Lady Jane Grey was the queen with the shortest reign in history. If her name isn’t well known today, maybe that’s because of her dark end.
Lady Jane Grey was the queen with the shortest reign in history. If her name isn’t well known today, maybe that’s because of her dark end.
“Once we strip away the layers of myth and exaggeration, the Jane we find is devout, unflinching, and composed to the end.”— Helen Castor. Tucked quietly between the reigns of her cousins Edward VI and...
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