Three Maids for a Crown: A Novel of the Grey Sisters, (Paperback)

from 4fish

The Grey sisters were descendants of Henry VIII's younger sister Mary, once queen of France, who made a runaway marriage with one of Henry's noblemen after her royal husband's death. The sisters were prey to the powerful and ambitious, including their own parents, who envisioned ruling England th...

from BookPurring

I'm always happy to find historical fiction about the Tudors, that isn't about Henry or Elizabeth, and I think this book falls in that category. I actually read it as part of a book club, otherwise I probably would have missed it. The book tells the story of the Grey sisters, the granddaughters o...

from LibraryCin

This novel follows the Grey sisters. The oldest, Lady Jane Grey became Queen of England for 9 days, following Henry VIII's son, Edward. Henry's oldest daughter (Jane's cousin), Mary I, took over and imprisoned and later beheaded Jane. Jane had two younger sisters, Katherine (Kat) and the hunchbac...

from melaniehope

This is a really good read, whether you are a fan of historical fiction or not. I had heard of the story of Lady Jane Grey, but I never knew she had two sisters, Kat and Mary. The three sisters were all threats to the throne due to their royal blood and the scheming plans of their parents to plac...

from BookAddictDiary

Author Ella March Chase follows up her debut novel, The Virgin Queen's Daughter, with Three Maids for a Crown, another novel that takes readers back to Tudor-period England, this time focusing on the three Grey sisters who were the grand-nieces of Henry VIII. The three sisters -Jane, Mary and Kat...