The Lady of Misrule

by Suzannah Dunn

Overview

Escorting the nine-day queen Lady Jane Grey across the Tower of London from throne room into imprisonment is Elizabeth Tilney, who surprised even herself by volunteering for the job. All Elizabeth knows is she's keen to be away from home; she could do with some breathing space. And anyway, it won't be for long: everyone knows Jane will go free as soon as the victorious new queen is crowned. Which is a good thing because the two sixteen-year-olds, cooped up together in a room in the Gentleman Gaoler's house, couldn't be less compatible. Protestant Jane is an icily self-composed idealist, and Catholic Elizabeth is . . . well, anything but.They are united though by their disdain for the seventeen-year-old boy to whom Jane has recently been married: petulant, noisily-aggrieved Guildford Dudley, held prisoner in a neighboring tower and keen to pursue his prerogative of a daily walk with his wife.As Jane's captivity extends into the increasingly turbulent last months of 1553, the two girls learn to live with each other, but Elizabeth finds herself drawn into the difficult relationship between the newlyweds. And when, at the turn of the year, events take an unexpected and dangerous direction, her newfound loyalties are put to the test.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681770956
Publisher:	Pegasus Books
Publication date:	01/15/2016
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	320
File size:	581 KB

About the Author

Suzannah Dunn is the author of nine previous novels. Her most recent novel, The Confession of Katherine Howard is a magisterial return to the court of Henry VIII. Suzannah lives in England.

Editorial Reviews

"A remarkable writer, a lyricist of ordinary life and ordinary people transfigured by extreme emotions." —The Daily Telegraph

From the Publisher

Her ear for the rhythms of speech is unerring, her feeling for the minutiae of experience acute. It takes a good deal of artistry to create the illusion of real life, and she has managed something more difficult still, which is to show us how strange real life can be.

The Times (London)

I often abandon historical novels nowadays, but I really could not put this one down.

Alison Weir

A remarkable writer, a lyricist of ordinary life and ordinary people transfigured by extreme emotions.

The Daily Telegraph

Suggest this historical novel, brightly and smartly narrated by the clear-eyed
Elizabeth, to fans of Hilary Mantel’s work.

Booklist

A compelling and engaging portrait of two teen girls experiencing history in a microcosm. Dunn has created a small window through which readers can experience the fictionalized fates of two young women immortalized in English history. Unpretentious and riveting, The Lady of Misrule puts a human face on one of history’s most important footnotes.

Paste Magazine

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