Coronation of Glory: The Story of Lady Jane Grey

Perhaps, as many reviewers seem to think, this book was not researched as much as it should have been. Perhaps there were historical errors in it. But who cares? Why shouldn''t the author make up some little details to spin a rich web of magical, real characters as she has? The author has taken bare facts and transformed them into an emotional, realistic tale about the tragic Nine Days Queen. We should not abuse her for it, we should admire her. The book s full of developed charcters and some close, realistic guesses. In short, I loved this book as much as any.

Wow, what can I say? This is an utterly amazing book and I couldn't put it down!! I am 16 myself, knowing hardly anyhing of Lady Jane Grey beforehand, but I found this a helpful book! The fact that a Lady so young could stand for God and die for him. The book is made more interesting by adding in the love story which is so sad, but happy! The emotions of the Lady herself were brought out so much that I feel differently about a lot of things now. I love the way that the author added in verses from the Bible and showed Lady Jane Grey's great faith even in standing up to the RC priest. The story, quite factual, as it was written hundreds of years after this period is a 'must read' to everyone and I wish that I, myself could be more like her in her hard, romantic and short life. So the facts involved in this book are accurate but brought to life by adding in her thoughts and personal life, as if written by her. It utterly transformed my thoughts towards God and how true he is!

I first learned of Lady Jane Grey when I saw an ad for the movie (with Cary Elwes in it, whom I love)and just had to find out more about Jane Grey. I researched and researched and she has become one of my favorite people in history. It's amazing that such a young girl could have faced so many trials. When I read Coronation of Glory I absolutly loved it! I must agree with some reviewers, that this book isn't really a biography, but more of a historical fiction book. But, if you love Lady Jane and her story, then I think you'd love this book. After I read this book, I watched the movie LADY JANE (the one mentioned earlier) and wished that the movie was based on Coronation of Glory - I liked Jane loving Edward better than her loving Guildford...since it's more believable, since supposedly Jane didn't like Guildford at all. I've read this book twice and hope to find more books on Lady Jane that are just as good.

Lady Jane Grey's life was anything but normal. At a very young age, she was sent to court to be a lady-in-waiting to Catherine Parr, last Queen of Henry VIII. There, she became very close to Catherine and learned of the Reformed religion. She also learned the horrors of queenship, and became grateful of the fact she would never become one . . . or so she thought. After the death of Henry VIII, she became the ward of Thomas Seymour, uncle of the new king and brother of the Lord Protector. She was not an orphan. She was "bought" to pay off her father's gambling debts, and a chance at marriage to her cousin, King Edward VI. It was no wish of her's, but at least it brought her closer to her close friend, Catherine Parr, for Catherine married Thomas Seymour shortly after becoming a widow. The three of them lived happily and peacefully with an addition, Princess Elizabeth, half sister to the king and future Queen Elizabeth I. This bliss was shattered when Elizabeth and Thomas began a flirtation with one another, leading to the dismissal of Elizabeth and the heartbreak of Catherine. Soon after, the former queen died at childbirth and Thomas followed soon after, although not to sickness. He was executed as a traitor.Jane left this troubled past and tried to begin again at Bradgate with her family. Here, she lived with her abusive mother, distant father, and frivolous sister. As with most noble families, they did not stay long there, but traveled around England. During this time, Jane fell in love with Edward Seymour, son of the Lord Protector. It was smiled upon by her parents and Jane was for a brief time happy. Then, the Lord Protector was executed for treason at the hands of the new Lord Protector, The Duke of Northumberland. Jane's hopes for marriage with Edward were dashed, and she was forced to marry Northumberland's son, Guildford Dudley. Although she tried, the marriage was not a happy one. It was then that her life changed drastically again.A few weeks after marriage, Jane was pronounced Queen of England. Northumberland was able to get the dying King to name her as heir, even though she was only fourth in line. In doing so, it ensure England would remain Protestant and Northumberland in power, for was not Jane married to his son? Jane wasn't pleased by this turn of events, but since she thought it was God's will, she went along with it. Nine days later, the rightful heir, Mary I (later Bloody Mary), was able to take power. She became Queen, and Jane was sentenced to death. There was hope for Jane though. If Jane would convert to Catholicism, her life would be spared. With God's strength, Jane refused, and became a martyr and hero to us all at the tender age of 16.As you can probably tell, I am obsessed with this great lady. She should be and example to us all. This book not only reinforces that, but it does so in a beautiful way. It is very well written, beautifully in fact. It helps make Jane's death to be not in

I was suprised to see so much information on her in this book, for the fact that not much on the information on Jane Grey is still around...heck...we don't even have a picture or an idea of what her husband looked like...some claim Jane Grey was a beauty...but no matter what, she was surely a beauty on the inside.