Crown of Blood by Nicola Tallis

Author:Nicola Tallis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pegasus Books

IN SPITE OF the celebrations without, inside the Tower’s walls the atmosphere was one of panic as its inhabitants, like drowning rats fleeing from a sinking ship, prepared to abandon the seventeen-year-old girl who now sat under a fallen canopy in the Royal Apartments. As the people cheered enthusiastically for Queen Mary, no thought was spared for the girl who had been openly proclaimed queen in Mary’s place just nine days earlier, and whose reception had been icily cold.

As the sun began to set over the city on 19 July, the jubilation of the people at the news of Queen Mary’s accession showed no sign of abating. The Londoners indulged in the free wine that ran from fountains throughout the city, and soaked up the celebratory atmosphere. They were not alone, for back in the Tower, overcome with relief at the news that her thirteen-day reign was at an end and that she was Queen Jane no longer, Jane looked to her father. There was only one question on her lips: ‘May I go home?’ Home was the place Jane had always longed for, her only security, but her father, knowing what lay ahead and unable to bring himself to answer her truthfully, simply turned and walked away. As he left the dining chamber, the truth dawned on Jane: the Tower of London, so recently her palace, was now her prison.

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