The Last Tudor

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Bianca Amato

The final book of the Tudor series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous women in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen.

Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king’s half-sister Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When Jane refused to betray her Protestant faith, Mary sent her to the executioner’s block, where Jane transformed her father’s greedy power-grab into tragic martyrdom.

“Learn you to die,” was the advice Jane wrote to her younger sister Katherine, who has no intention of dying. She intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and fall in love. But she is heir to the insecure and infertile Queen Mary and then to her sister Queen Elizabeth, who will never allow Katherine to marry and produce a Tudor son. When Katherine’s pregnancy betrays her secret marriage, she faces imprisonment in the Tower, only yards from her sister’s scaffold.

“Farewell, my sister,” writes Katherine to the youngest Grey sister, Mary. A beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, Mary keeps family secrets, especially her own, while avoiding Elizabeth’s suspicious glare. After seeing her sisters defy their queens, Mary is acutely aware of her own danger, but determined to command her own life. What will happen when the last Tudor defies her ruthless and unforgiving cousin Queen Elizabeth?

Critic reviews

"All bow down before the queen of historical fiction."

"Expect high demand for another outstanding entry in Gregory’s ongoing and best-selling Tudor saga."

"Gregory’s first-person perspective on late Tudor England’s turbulent history will delight existing and future fans."

one of her best

one of her best books about unknown heros of that period and the womans struggle

Tudor stories

loved it! can't believe the series is ending, i love exploring the Tudor lineage of women

Wonderful!

I am such of fan Philippa Gregory and have enjoyed her books for many years. This book is a must for any Tudor enthusiast!

Sisters

so interesting to hear the lives, loves, and stuggles undee the rule of a unforgiving queen.

Queen Elizabeth the 1st is a chip off Henry the viii ‘s block

Cruel cruel Cruel, Non of the Grey girls had a great life and when they found one Elizabeth would snatch it away. Interesting but cruel part of English History