Review of 2023


In January, Lady Jane was the subject of two episodes of ‘The Rest is History’‘ podcast (293. Lady Jane Grey: The Nine Days’ Queen and 294. Lady Jane Grey: The Axe Falls).


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Also this month, Lady Jane got a mention in ‘Educating the Tudors’ by Amy McElroy.


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In February I interviewed Kathryn Warner about her latest book, ‘The Granddaughters of Edward III.’


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‘The Sixteenth Century in 100 Women’ by Amy Licence was published in March. Licence offers a snapshot of these women’s lives by focusing on a particular event. For Jane, this is the day that she took possession of the Tower of London as Queen of England.



In April, I interviewed Stephanie Kline about her new book featuring Jane, ‘Edward VI: Henry VIII’s Overshadowed Son’.


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Two books in which Jane got a brief mention were published in May, ‘Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History’ by Tracy Borman and ‘Henry VIII’s Children: Legitimate and Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Tudor King’ by Caroline Angus.


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This month I also interviewed Leah Redmond Chang about ‘Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power.’


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In June, I was delighted to take part in the book tour for ‘Children of the House of Cleves: Anna and Her Siblings’ by Heather R Darsie. It was the Wyatt Rebellion in January and February 1554 which led to Lady Jane’s execution. In this guest excerpt, Heather looked at how the rebellion affected Anna of Cleves.


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Also this month, Jane also featured in ‘The Tudors by Numbers’ by Carol Ann Lloyd.


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July saw the publication of ‘Lady Katherine Grey: A Dynastic Tragedy’ by Conor Byrne, who I interviewed later in the year.


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Once thought to be of Jane, the ‘Jersey Portrait’ of Katherine Parr was sold at Sotheby’s.


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Jane featured in a talk at the National Archives by Daniel Gosling, ‘Stories from the Bag of Secrets: Pretenders to the Throne’.


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In August, Jane got a mention in the ‘Not Just the Tudors’ podcast’, when Suzannah Lipscomb talked to Sylvia Barbara Soberton about the ‘Forgotten Tudor Women: Seymour, Dudley and Parr Families.’

Jane featured in ‘Kings and Queens: 1200 Years of English and British Monarchs’ by Iain Dale, in a chapter written by Nicola Tallis.


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‘Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory: The Making and Re-making of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I’ edited by Valerie Schutte and Jessica S Hower was published in September. Stephan Edwards reviewed it for this website and I interviewed Valerie Schutte.


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Jane got another mention in ‘Not Just the Tudors’ podcast in October, when Suzannah Lipscomb talked to Carol Ann Lloyd about ‘The Tudors Told Through Numbers.’

In November, Jane featured in ‘Uncrowned: Royal Heirs Who Didn’t Take the Throne’ by Ashley Mantle. I also interviewed Sarah J Hodder about ‘The Woodville Women: 100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History’ which was published last year.


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