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Inghilterra, 1554: Jane Grey, sovrana per nove giorni, è prigioniera nella dimora di Master Partridge, il carceriere della Torre di Londra. Condannata per alto tradimento, potrebbe salvarsi abiurando la fede riformata, ma non può tradire il suo credo. La regina Maria Tudor, intenzionata a restaurare la religione cattolica, ha già deciso il suo destino: bruciata viva o decapitata. Jane è consapevole delle sue colpe, ma rifiuta di barattare la vita eterna per quella terrena. Gli anni precedenti alla sua tragica fine sono segnati da tensioni tra cattolici e protestanti, con intrighi e tradimenti che circondano la Corona. Il giovane principe Edoardo non può governare, e molti cercano di influenzarlo, tra cui i suoi genitori, Henry e Frances Grey, che sperano di riscattare le loro ambizioni attraverso il matrimonio della figlia con il futuro re. Tuttavia, Jane desidera seguire i propri interessi, dedicarsi allo studio e mantenere la propria indipendenza, piuttosto che diventare una sposa sottomessa. Attraverso le voci delle donne della corte di Edoardo, l'autrice offre un affresco corale di un'epoca oscura, evidenziando le ingiustizie e le contraddizioni. La storia di Lady Jane Grey è un racconto di coraggio e della lotta per rimanere fedele a se stessa contro le imposizioni familiari e sociali.

"Prodigiously documented... Alison Weir must be highly commended for throwing such a brilliantly hard light on the relationship between the United States and Israel. I hope this marvelous book gets all the attention it deserves." - Ambassador Andrew Killgore Soon after WWII, US statesman Dean Acheson warned that creating Israel on land already inhabited by Palestinians would "imperil" both American and all Western interests in the region. Despite warnings such as this one, President Truman supported establishing a Jewish state on land primarily inhabited by Muslims and Christians. Few Americans today are aware that US support enabled the creation of modern Israel. Even fewer know that US politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplomatic and military experts. As this work demonstrates, these politicians were bombarded by a massive pro-Israel lobbying effort that ranged from well-funded and very public Zionist organizations to an "elitist secret society" whose members included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. AGAINST OUR BETTER JUDGMENT brings together meticulously sourced evidence to illuminate a reality that differs starkly from the prevailing narrative. It provides a clear view of the history that is key to understanding one of the most critically important political issues of our day.

The third volume of Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of medieval EnglandMedieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts.Using personal letters and wonderfully vivid sources, Alison Weir evokes the lives of five remarkable Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois.The turbulent, brutal Age of Chivalry witnessed the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War against France and savage baronial wars against the monarchy in which these queens were passionately involved. Queens of the Age of Chivalry brilliantly recreates this truly dramatic period of history through the lives of five extraordinary women.

An account of Henry VIII's second wife's final days seeks to vindicate her from popular negative perceptions while offering insight into additional nuances that affected her character and marriage to the infamous monarch

The stunning final novel in the highly acclaimed and bestselling SIX TUDOR QUEENS series by historian and Sunday Times bestselling author, Alison Weir.

At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife, Catherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the daughter of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. These are the players in a royal drama that ultimate led to Elizabeth's ascension to the throne--one of the most spectacularly successful reigns in English history.