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The Last Tudor

by Philippa Gregory

Book 15 in the The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels series.

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The Grey sisters inherit a dangerous proximity to the Tudor succession. Lady Jane Grey is placed on the throne after Edward VI’s death and executed under Mary I; Katherine Grey later makes a secret marriage that Elizabeth I treats as a direct threat.

The youngest sister, Mary Grey, tries to build a private life while remaining under royal surveillance. Their three narratives show how birth, marriage and pregnancy could turn women into state prisoners even when they did not actively seek the crown.

Historical periods

Tudor Period Edwardian Reformation Mary I and the Counter-Reformation Elizabethan Age

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Family Sagas

Historical people

Mary I1516–1558 Elizabeth I1533–1603 Lady Jane Grey1537–1554 Katherine Grey1540–1568 Mary Grey1545–1578

Series reading order

Books in The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels

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