"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Gives voice, as a teenager returned to the Christian family in England, to the half-Tahitian daughter of the British ship Bountys second-in-command and mutineer, Fletcher Christian Includes bibliographical references (p. Ilene CooperĬopyright © American Library Association. Knowledge of English history will certainly be helpful to understand the politics, but this works well as the story of a young woman buffeted by events, whose few moments of happiness are her most valuable possession. Numerous details about food, clothing, and amusements decorate the story. This well-known end to Jane's story takes up a small part of the book a greater part recounts her life of privilege her friendship with her cousins Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth and happy times spent away from her cruel parents. In a fictional twist to the common tale, mutineer Fletcher Christian of the HMS Bounty escapes the massacre on Pitcairn Island and finds his way back to his daughter Mary who, despite the disgrace and mistreatment she has received by her classmates, longs to be reunited with him after so much time apart. Finagling puts Jane on the throne for nine days-after which she is beheaded.
Unfortunately, Jane is betrothed to the son of a nobleman who is determined to keep Mary, who is Catholic, from assuming the throne. Jane, related to the Tudors through her mother, becomes third in line to the throne following the death of her cousin, King Edward. Lady Jane Grey speaks from beyond the grave to tell her convoluted story, which Rinaldi does her best to simplify.
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