This is a shortened version of the review that appeared for ‘Sisters of Treason’ in the Saturday Review in May 2014.
‘Yes, it’s yet another Tudor job, when the shelves are already groaning. But this is an endlessly fascinating era, and Fremantle manages to combine pacey storytelling with superb background. The prologue describes, in harrowing detail the execution of poor Lady Jane Grey, aged 17. A few years later, the Grey family are desperately trying to get back into royal favour. Mary is on the throne and Protestants are being burnt at the stake. Jane’s younger sisters, Katherine, 14, and Mary, 10, are struggling at court and Katherine’s independence is carrying her towards tragedy.’ (c) Saturday Review
Kate Saunders
p.16, Saturday Review
The Times
7 February 2015
