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Traitor. In her novel Innocent Traitor, Alison Weir illuminates
the life of Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554), the great-granddaughter
of Henry VII of England who reigned as uncrowned queen of of
England for nine days in July 1553. Though Jane's accession to
the throne was codified by King Edward VI, many felt that her
reign in fact breached the English laws of succession. The
Protestant powers of the land did indeed prove willing to accept
Lady Jane Grey as queen, even if only as part of a power-
struggle to stop Henry's elder daughter, the Roman Catholic
Princess Mary, from ascending to the throne. Jane's brief rule
ended, however, when the authorities revoked her proclamation as
queen, and Mary had her executed for treason. Told from multiple
view points, Innocent Traitor recounts Jane's sheltered
childhood, troubled home life and penchant for learning and on
to her ascendancy as the reluctant queen when this girl of "of
privileged royal blood" became an in