Crown of Blood is a BBC History Magazine Book of the Year

Congratulations to Nicola Tallis whose Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey is one of the BBC History Magazine’s ‘Books of the Year’. They describe it as “stunning…throws new light on the dramatic life of one of the most tragic figures in history…Drawing on new research, Tallis presents Jane as complex, intelligent, charismatic, radical and, ultimately, courageous.”