History remembers Jane Grey, England’s so-called Nine Days Queen from the 16th century, as the ultimate “damsel in distress.” That’s according to the narrator in new historical drama , who goes on to lament that she’s known today “for her death, rather than her life” — before adding a bit of a jarring aside to let viewers know we’re not exactly in Masterpiece Theater territory with this new series: “F*** that!” What if, the narrator continues, the story of the real-life Lady Jane had turned out different? Such is the foundation of Prime Video’s delightfully addictive new — which, as an aside, I have to confess looks like it has at least an outside shot of becoming the streamer’s . Just like Netflix’s similarly revisionist and bodice-ripping hit drama, plays very fast and extremely loose with historical events and takes place in an alt-fantasy Tudor world — one that not only radically upends English royal history, but adds mysterious and magical creatures.
The net effect is a swashbuckling romp wherein King Henry VIII’s son Edward doesn’t die of tuberculosis after all, and neither Jane nor her scoundrel of a husband are executed. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the and have reviewed the Also, bonus points for the saucy narrator, who’s so good that he frequently threatens to upstage events onscreen with his foul-mouthed musings (like opining that everyone knows King Henry was a.
