Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen of England
This book review by Rev. Angus Stewart examines Faith Cook's biography of Lady Jane Grey, the nine-day queen of England, situating her life within the tumultuous religious and political circumstances of the English Reformation under Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I. The review highlights how Cook traces Grey's steadfast Protestant faith and her contrast with the apostasy of those around her, including her father-in-law John Dudley who renounced Reformed doctrine to save his life. This resource offers insight into the personal cost of faithfulness during the Reformation and the spiritual character of early Protestant martyrs.
Rev. Angus Stewart (Slightly modified from a review first published in the Protestant Reformed Theological Journal) Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen of England Authoress: Faith Cook Great Britain: Evangelical Press, 2004 Hardback, 254 pp. ISBN 0 85234 579 8 From Leicester’s Bradgate Park (where she was born and where the ruins of Bradgate Manor, including “Lady Jane’s Tower,” can still be seen) to the Tower of London (where she was beheaded for high treason), this biography traces the...