The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy Audiobook

" I love how the author told it true. I liked that she didn't completely victimize Lady Jane Grey. All women including Queen Elizabeth were victims of there time. Lady Jane Grey wasn't as innocent as she is portrayed in other books and movies. Great read. Though it was a historic book it read like a story. "

" Great history! Goes on long after Lady Jane is dethroned and beheaded by Mary. I had no idea who Katherine and Mary were, or that they ever had any claim to the English throne. Fascinating book! "

" I enjoyed this, mainly as an antidote to Alison Weir. I read it alongside her book covering much of the same time period/many of the same events, and the conclusions were very different. This book treats they Grey sisters much more as actors in the events in which they were crucial and much less as subjects. I suspect the truth is somewhere in between, but this was still a good read. "

" Slow in parts but still quite informative. "

" This book looks at the lives of Jane, Katherine and Mary Grey - Henry VIII's great nieces and potential heirs to the throne. Like a lot of biographies of women prior to modern times, it is difficult to get a clear picture of these women. Their lives have to be told through the lives of others. In other words, this is a history of the Tudor period from the perspective of the Grey sisters. The author has an unsusal take on Elizabeth I and her Secretary of State William Cecil. Anyone interested in the Tudor period will enjoy this book. "

" Love this time in history so I found this book fascinating. "

" This is a very interesting and well-researched book. Highly recommended. "

" Great to find out lots more about the Grey sisters who after all descended from Henry VIII's youngest sister Mary. "

" Reading this book filled in so many gaps. Very interesting. Reads like a novel, but is well researced non fiction. "

" Loved it- even this Lady Jane Grey geek learnt some new things. "

" Really a must-read for Tudor history buffs. "

" Interesting and well written, this is a fresh look at the so-called Nine Days Queen, Lady Jane Grey, and her younger sisters, Katherine & Mary. It was clear that the author had done plenty of in-depth research and her telling of the story was entirely credible. "

" This was a great read - I burned through it in one night and one morning! Excellent for anyone interested in English history, Queen Elizabeth or the Tudors. "

" Very factual - interesting story but got lost in the names and family trees! "

" I liked this book--it was interesting to see all of the crazy politics at work in King Henry III's time. It was fairly in depth--not a light read. "

" Extremely interesting book about Lady Jane Grey and her sisters. Did even know she had sisters? Theirs is a fascinating and tragic story, but also a completey different side of the Tudor dynastic struggle than I've ever heard before. Very engaging. "

" Interesting and well written, this is a fresh look at the so-called Nine Days Queen, Lady Jane Grey, and her younger sisters, Katherine & Mary. It was clear that the author had done plenty of in-depth research and her telling of the story was entirely credible. "

" Very readable history of the Grey sisters. She provides an intriguing perspective on the mythology of later historians regarding Jane Grey's meekness and Frances Brandon's brutishness. Used many contemporary sources but put the footnotes at the end which makes them hard to use while reading. "

" Very factual - interesting story but got lost in the names and family trees! "

" I liked this book--it was interesting to see all of the crazy politics at work in King Henry III's time. It was fairly in depth--not a light read. "

" Fanfuckingtastic! That's all for now until I can find the time to write something more descriptive. "

" Really a must-read for Tudor history buffs. "

" A great book about the Grey sisters, smashing many of the myths about the girls and their family life. Totally worth the read… a sad, touching story all the way around. "

" Packed with detail, very interesting reading for someone who's never studied the life and very brief reign of Lady Jane Grey. Altogether fascinating. "