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The Lady of Misrule

by Suzannah Dunn
9 CDs. 10 hrs. Tantor. 2016. ISBN 9781494517069. $39.99. digital download. F
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Dunn's (The May Bride) Tudor-era novel focuses on Lady Jane Grey after her brief rule, during her imprisonment on the grounds of the Tower of London. The story is told in the first person from the point view of fictional lady-in-waiting Elizabeth Tilney, a volunteer companion to Jane, and is more about the impetuous Elizabeth than the stoic deposed monarch. The tale captures the desolate and endless days of captivity in which Jane is unaware of her fate, but most of the characters other than the narrator have little depth, and the pace is rather slow until the very end. Charlotte Anne Dore provides a smooth and engaging reading.
VERDICT Fans of low-key historical fiction will enjoy this title.
Reviewed by Denise Garafalo, Mount Saint Mary Coll. Lib., Newburgh, NY , Apr 15, 2016
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