The Last Tudor

London: Simon and Schuster, 2017. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a few small minor marks to closed top edge) with a near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 520 pages. Family trees of the Tudor and Stuart Houses in 1550, the Seymour Family in 1550 and the Dudley Family in 1550. Elizabeth's royal cousin Jane Grey is gaced with the choice of death or denying her faith after being forced onto the throne of England. It is left to Elizabeth to measure the threat posed to her by the remaining Grey girls - the famous beauty Katherine Grey and her sister, a little person, Mary. Alternately befriended and snubbed, the two girls thrive as the queen's companions, learning to judge her moods and avoid her temper tantrums. But they each have a secret: Katherine is in love with a heir to the great family Seymour, and Mary with the queen's sergeant porter. They come to realise that Elizabeth will never allow either of them to marry fo fear of a Tudor heir to the throne. Their martyred sister's advice is clear - 'Learn you to die', Jane wrote in her famous letter to Katherine. But Jane's tragic story and her fateful choice is only the beginning for her two beloved sisters..... L. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.