A woman who blindly conformed or feisty creator of her own story? What we know about the real Lady Jane Grey

  • Written by: Susan Broomhall, Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
A woman who blindly conformed or feisty creator of her own story? What we know about the real Lady Jane GreyPrime Video

History remembers Jane as the ultimate damsel in distress – known for her death, rather than her life. Fuck that! What if history were different?

So says the promo for My Lady Jane, an alternative history about Lady Jane Grey who was Queen of England, France and Ireland for little more than a week in July 1553.

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