Forget everything you know about the Tudor dynasty. Actually, don’t just forget it—set it on fire, dance on the ashes, and then hand those ashes to a band of sarcastic minstrels to turn into a ballad. That is the only way to prepare for My Lady Jane , the wildly inventive, irreverent, and utterly addictive historical fantasy-comedy.
At its heart, the novel (by the trio of authors known as Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows, now also a hit Prime Video series) takes a tragic footnote from English history and gives it a glorious, triumphant rewrite. The real Lady Jane Grey was the "Nine Days' Queen"—a teenage pawn in a political power game who was swiftly deposed by Mary Tudor and executed. It’s a grim story. My Lady Jane
The book’s most brilliant twist is its magic system. In this alternate 16th century, a portion of the population are —people who can shapeshift into animals. Guildford’s curse (or is it a blessing?) is that he turns into a horse. Every single day. This leads to one of the funniest and most charming fantasy premises imaginable: a young queen who is horrified to discover her new husband spends his days as a large, grumpy, carrot-stealing stallion named "Horse." Forget everything you know about the Tudor dynasty
My Lady Jane says: "Absolutely not."