Ages 13-18

The true story of seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England for nine days. Jane Grey was never allowed to forget that she was a Tudor, fifth in the royal line of succession after King Henry VIII. To Jane, this knowledge was a shadow across the peaceful days in her beloved valley home in the north of England. The threat was a distant one until Henry died and Jane's cousin Edward took his place. People began to whisper of a match between Jane and Edward; child marriages were common, and her parents were ambitious for money and power. When Edward became ill, Jane was thrust-at age sixteen- into the political arena, a pawn between violent and greedy men and a cruel mother who would make her queen. Set against sixteenth century court intrigues, political and social unrest, and the backdrop of the Reformation, this is the fascinating story of a young girl's struggle to find and do the will of God, even in the face of those who would manipulate her for their own ends. The bittersweet love story of Jane and Edward Seymour and the romance of Queen Catherine Parr and the charming Lord Thomas are just two of the many compelling subplots in this rich narrative.

After the Second World War, Anne De Vries, one of the most popular novelists in The Netherlands, was commissioned to capture in literary form the spirit and agony of those five harrowing years of Nazi occupation. The result was Journey Through the Night, a four volume bestseller that has gone through more than thirty printings in The Netherlands.