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giveaway: Innocent Traitor

innocenttraitorInnocent Traitor

by Alison Weir

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“I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live.

Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir’s enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English monarchy. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey–“the Nine Days’ Queen”–a fifteen-year-old girl who unwittingly finds herself at the center of the religious and civil unrest that nearly toppled the fabled House of Tudor during the sixteenth century.

The child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, for whom she is merely a pawn in a dynastic game with the highest stakes, Jane Grey was born during the harrowingly turbulent period between Anne Boleyn’s beheading and the demise of Jane’s infamous great-uncle, King Henry VIII. With the premature passing of Jane’s adolescent cousin, and Henry’s successor, King Edward VI, comes a struggle for supremacy fueled by political machinations and lethal religious fervor.

Unabashedly honest and exceptionally intelligent, Jane possesses a sound strength of character beyond her years that equips her to weather the vicious storm. And though she has no ambitions to rule, preferring to immerse herself in books and religious studies, she is forced to accept the crown, and by so doing sets off a firestorm of intrigue, betrayal, and tragedy.

Alison Weir uses her unmatched skills as a historian to enliven the many dynamic characters of this majestic drama. Along with Lady Jane Grey, Weir vividly renders her devious parents; her much-loved nanny; the benevolent Queen Katherine Parr; Jane’s ambitious cousins;the Catholic “Bloody” Mary, who will stop at nothing to seize the throne; and the protestant and future queen Elizabeth. Readers venture inside royal drawing rooms and bedchambers to witness the power-grabbing that swirls around Lady Jane Grey from the day of her birth to her unbearably poignant death. Innocent Traitor paints a complete and compelling portrait of this captivating young woman, a faithful servant of God whose short reign and brief life would make her a legend.”

Giveaway info: 1 hardcover copy. Open to everyone. Ends December 5, 2009.

47 Comments

  1. Jennifer says:

    Innocent Traitor sounds like a compelling read. Thank you for the chance to win a copy.
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  2. Amanda says:

    This sounds like a really good book! Thanks for the giveaway!
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  3. nocas82 says:

    Please count me in.

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  4. Ruby says:

    Many thanks for this opportunity

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  5. Julie P. says:

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  6. Ani d'Onfrio says:

    I’d like a chance to win a copy too!

  7. Sounds just great. Please count me in.

  8. Katy says:

    Lady Jane Grey has always interested me and I’d like to learn more about her.

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  9. Oh, please enter me for this one! I just read Weir’s Life of Elizabeth I and really enjoyed it. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  10. Elysium says:

    please count me in!

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  11. Danja says:

    I read all of Alison Weir’s non-fiction books and I really enjoyed them. I have yet to read any of her novels, so this giveaway sounds fantastic.

  12. Rachel W. says:

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  13. Linda says:

    I would love to read this…

  14. I’m interested in reading this!

  15. Beth says:

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  18. Mil says:

    One more trying his luck!

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  19. J Dias says:

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  20. Tanita says:

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  21. etirv says:

    I would like to be entered, thank you!

  22. Alessandra says:

    Great giveaway, thanks! Please count me in :)

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    Thanks for the giveaway, please count me in!

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  25. Maggie A. says:

    I love Alison Weir! And your site is great! mkantone@gmail.com

  26. Mystica says:

    Would like to read a book by Alison Weir. Thanks for your generosity and please count me in.

  27. Kathy D says:

    Please enter to me, this is one of my favorite eras to read about.

  28. Bethie says:

    Please count me in. Thanks for the giveaway.

  29. Ronit says:

    Wow, this looks like a great book! I would love a chance to read it.

  30. LuAnn Morgan says:

    Wow! This book really sounds interesting!

  31. mindy says:

    sounds like a great read thanks

  32. Renee G says:

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  33. Barbara S. says:

    What a wonderful sounding book. I would love to read this book.l Please enter me in the giveaway.

  34. Wanda says:

    I would love to be entered in your draw. Thanks.

  35. Alicia says:

    Would love to read this.

    Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<

  36. Sarah Emmerson says:

    Please enter me in this giveaway! I would love to win this book. :)

  37. Joanna Allison says:

    This book sounds pretty good. minute11@gmail.com

  38. Darcy B says:

    Sounds like a great read!!

  39. brenda helgeson says:

    i researched her for a paper once. very intriguing. count me in

  40. Piroska says:

    It sounds great. I love historical fiction.

  41. Sue says:

    I would love this one. Thanks for sharing!

  42. Aik says:

    Please count me in. I’m always interested in reading historical fiction and this one sounds really good. Thanks! :)

  43. Ellie W says:

    Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway.
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  44. Strangelove says:

    Count me in, please!
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  45. Edu Chico says:

    Please count me in (again, eheheheh).
    Thanks for one more giveaway.

  46. Jonnie H says:

    Please count me in for this great giveaway!

  47. heatherzilla says:

    This sounds like a great book. I have not read much about Lady Jane Grey and I would like to learn more about her. Please include me in the giveaway.

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