The Last Tudor, Philippa Gregory
The Last Tudor, Philippa Gregory
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The Last Tudor

Bestseller

Author: Philippa Gregory

Narrator: Bianca Amato

Unabridged: 19 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/08/2017


Synopsis

The final book of the Tudor series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous women in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen.

Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king’s half-sister Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When Jane refused to betray her Protestant faith, Mary sent her to the executioner’s block, where Jane transformed her father’s greedy power-grab into tragic martyrdom.

“Learn you to die,” was the advice Jane wrote to her younger sister Katherine, who has no intention of dying. She intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and fall in love. But she is heir to the insecure and infertile Queen Mary and then to her sister Queen Elizabeth, who will never allow Katherine to marry and produce a Tudor son. When Katherine’s pregnancy betrays her secret marriage, she faces imprisonment in the Tower, only yards from her sister’s scaffold.

“Farewell, my sister,” writes Katherine to the youngest Grey sister, Mary. A beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, Mary keeps family secrets, especially her own, while avoiding Elizabeth’s suspicious glare. After seeing her sisters defy their queens, Mary is acutely aware of her own danger, but determined to command her own life. What will happen when the last Tudor defies her ruthless and unforgiving cousin Queen Elizabeth?

About Philippa Gregory

English born author, Philippa Gregory, received her degree in History from the University of Sussex, followed by a PhD in 18th century literature from the University of Edinburgh. Along the journey of her education, she discovered that she had an uncommon interest in the Tudor period. Using her history background, she first wrote The Other Boleyn Girl, which to her credit, was made into a TV drama, and followed by a major film.

Gregory has put much of her effort and personal money into a 20 year old charity that she founded. It is Gardens for The Gambria, that teaches school children to plant market gardens which are irrigated by the almost 200 wells that the author has funded. She is also a patron of The UK Chagos Support Association, a displaced people in the Indian Ocean.

Gregory was selected as the 2008 Edinburgh University Alumna of the Year. She lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on January 21, 2025

The Last Tudor is the 14th book in Philippa Gregory's Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, but it's not the last of the fifteen-book series. Henry VIII had several sisters who married into other royal families, but they all had daughters, for the most part. When Henry's last daughter, Elizabeth is finally......more

Goodreads review by Constantine on November 22, 2021

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre: Historical Fiction The Last Tudor is the 14th book in the Plantagenet and Tudor novels. It is not the last book in the series but the one before that. However, in terms of the publication date, it is the last book Philippa Gregory has written for this series. The book is divided in......more

Goodreads review by Ophelia Sings on August 11, 2017

Once upon a time, a was a big fan of Philippa Gregory. Her novels piqued an interest in medieval history for me, and therein lies the problem; once you begin to delve into the history books, Gregory's novels are rendered frustrating and often infuriating, so often is she lax when it comes to the min......more

Goodreads review by Carole on December 16, 2017

Three sisters and three very different voices from the past all coming from one family. Philippa Gregory's The last Tudor is the final story in her successful series that began with Anne Boleyn. Starting with Jane Grey, the doomed nine day queen, Gregory draws a portrait of a teen devoted to both he......more

Goodreads review by Trish at Between My Lines on February 17, 2019

The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory has thrown me down a Tudor rabbit hole, but I’m not looking to escape anytime soon. The treachery, the gore, along with all the political wheeling and dealing captivate me, and I can’t get enough. MY THOUGHTS ON THE LAST TUDOR BY PHILIPPA GREGORY The initial thought......more


Quotes

"All bow down before the queen of historical fiction."

"Expect high demand for another outstanding entry in Gregory’s ongoing and best-selling Tudor saga."

"Gregory’s first-person perspective on late Tudor England’s turbulent history will delight existing and future fans."