Author:Alison Weir
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A wrenching novel about the life and death of Lady Jane Grey, one of the most complex and sympathetic figures in Tudor England, by popular historian Alison Weir: ideal for fans of Wolf Hall
Lady Jane Grey was born into times of extreme danger. Child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, for whom she was merely a pawn in a dynastic power game with the highest stakes, she lived a life in thrall to political machinations and lethal religious fervour.
Jane's astonishing and essentially tragic story was played out during one of the most momentous periods of English history. As a great-niece of Henry VIII, and the cousin of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, she grew up to realize that she could never throw off the chains of her destiny. Her honesty, intelligence and strength of character carry the reader through all the vicious twists of Tudor power politics, to her nine-day reign and its unbearably poignant conclusion.
Alison Weir's hugely popular history books are as gripping as novels, and now she has stepped effortlessly over the boundary... Weir's knowledge of the background is immaculate, and she revels in the freedom of fiction without sacrificing historical fact. Lady Jane is brave and intelligent, and if you don't cry at the end you have a heart of stone.
—— Kate Saunders , The TimesAlison Weir is one of our greatest popular historians. In her first work of fiction, she sets out to trace the brief life of one of history's most tragic heroines... Weir manages her heroine's voice brilliantly, respecting the past's distance while conjuring a dignified and fiercely modern spirit.
—— Daily MailThis is an impressive debut. Weir shows skill at plotting and maintaining tension, and she is clearly going to be a player in the overcrowded historical fiction game. We can look forward to seeing what subject she'll tackle next.
—— Lesley McDowell , Independent on SundayThe story is so compelling and horrible that even a reader well acquainted with it will be gripped...This is a novel that will grip readers and give great pleasure.
—— Allan Massie , ScotsmanNight Watch is an epic of extraordinary power
—— Quentin TarantinoStar Wars meets the Vampires in Moscow . . . it bursts with a sick, carnivorous glee in its fiendish games
—— The New York Times[A] sceptical, intelligent thriller
—— The TelegraphFascinating . . . [The] excellent translation by Andrew Bromfield keeps the pace moving . . . One of the most original and readable supernatural fictions in some time
—— Scotland on SundayBrace yourself for Harry Potter in Gorky Park . . . The novel contains some captivating scenes and all kinds of marvelous, inventive detail: The vampires' seduction of a teenage boy is bone-chilling; every time Lukyanenko described the Other-worldly Twilight, I felt lured into it; and the fantastical powers exercised by Anton and his colleagues range from delightful to awesome
—— Ron Charles , The Washington Post Book WorldLukyanenko is great at rolling out new concepts for the reader to savour
—— The Sydney Morning Herald[As] potent as a shot of vodka . . . [A] compelling urban fantasy
—— Publishers WeeklyThis modern day mythical fantasy is Anne Rice on an epic scale, a hugely imagined world. A chiller thriller from cold of Russia, this one's been selling like hot cakes around the world
—— Sunday Sport
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