Elizabeth Fremantle takes English history and brings it to life with her own fictional rendition of history. She breathes life into a time full of death and fear of the throne as the reader immediately witnesses the beheading of Lady Jane Grey- the price of being heir to the throne. Fremantle then focuses on the reigns of Queen Mary, known as Bloody Mary to most, and her sister Queen Elizabeth, while their heirs, the Grey sisters, try to live out their lives as normally as possible without causing the Queens to fear for their throne and sentence them to the same fate that their sister met.
“Sisters of Treason” is detailed and emotional… and educational. I learned about Bloody Mary and the Grey family, mere fictional legends if you don’t know their true history. Readers who have a passion for historical fiction, particularly English historical fiction, will not be able to put “Sisters of Treason” down.
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