[quote=""nona""]oh how neat do you know the author? I loved Weir's (least I think it was Alison Weir) book on Jane Grey I felt so sorry for her to be a pawn like that.[/quote]
Oops my bad! It's "A Crown In Darkness" by Margaret Mullally from 1976:
http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplcli ... 71%26y%3D7
There's a book by P.C Doherty with the same name as the Mullally one, I was mistaking Candlelight for it.
Sorry!
SM
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