"They gave her a Perfect Lover, then Plotted her Excecution. A Romance which Out-Triumphed the Most Terrible Crime in History"
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
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The people behind it
Nova Pilbeam
Lady Jane Grey
Cedric Hardwicke
Earl of Warwick
John Mills
Lord Guilford Dudley
Felix Aylmer
Edward Seymour
Leslie Perrins
Thomas Seymour
Frank Cellier
Henry VIII
Desmond Tester
Edward VI
Gwen Ffrangcon Davies
Mary Tudor (as Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies)
Martita Hunt
Jane's Mother
Miles Malleson
Jane's Father
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