Jane Gray and Raven Idols

By Bogdan Lebedev

Two brothers Agni and Raven (Also in the novel often appears the second name of the Raven - Crow.) Istukanov from early childhood dream of deeds. For Agnia, the main goal is engineering, Raven dreams of saving everyone he can. And then Raven learns about the nine-day Queen Lady Jane Gray. He very much loved this girl, but she lived 500 years ago. What if the brothers get to invent a time machine? And can the Raven save Jane Gray ??? ... 

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookRix
• Release date: Jun 18, 2019
• ISBN: 9783748707066

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Chapter 1. Jane Gray. Biography.

                                                                  INTRODUCTION

Lady Jane was born in October 1537 in Bradgate House, the family estate of the Gray family. Before her, Francis and Henry Gray had a son and a daughter, but they died soon after birth. Spouses did not lose hope - and here, as from a horn of plenty, they had one after another three daughters. Disappointment grew with the birth of each of the girls, because they passionately wanted a son. But, apparently, so fate decreed.

In her earliest childhood, Jane had a remarkable mind and a great desire for knowledge. More than anything else, she was worried only about her own development and improvement.

Her mind and views have reached a degree of maturity, which marks only a very few. Latin, Greek, French and Italian, she learned in early childhood. This seemed to her a little, and a little later she supplemented this list with Spanish, Old Babylonian, Hebrew, and Arabic. Reading was a favorite and at the same time one of the few entertainments for a girl brought up in strict customs of puritanism.

But this does not mean that Jane did not complain about other favorite women's entertainment - music and dancing. At the court of the last queen, not only did they comprehend the sciences, but also sang, danced, staged magnificent carnivals.

The girl loved life very much and was happy for every new day, no matter what this day was. She loved nature, studied the life of plants, animals and birds.

Unfortunately, Jane was not born later, otherwise she would have become a great man, her kindness and honesty deserve respect and a low bow, because there are practically no such people like She ...

Jane, as the eldest, daughter, the parents decided to raise as the future queen. Suppose she was fifth, after her mother, in the queue of heirs, but the chance to get the throne at least some, but there is ...

The custodian of King Edward VI, Lord Admiral Sir Thomas Seymour Sudley, originally planned to give Jane his guardian. And after the execution of Sir Thomas, Lady Francis continued her attempt to carry out this plan. The king was very fond of Jane, who was superior to any young man of that time, but he only respected the girl, but he was not going to marry her: if he married her, it would be great ...

For a long time Jane lived with Thomas Seymour, where she studied and raised in a Protestant style. For her, conscience and honor were always in the first place. She loved pure relationships, and no matter what her parents often beat and humiliated her, for Jane, kindness was always above all.

Edward VI was getting worse and worse, and he was forced to change the law of succession. The precarious state of health of the king opened up bright prospects for the ambition of the regent of the kingdom - John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, who had long dreamed of power. He instilled in the king that his sisters Mary and Elizabeth, listed in Henry VIII’s will as direct heirs of Edward, are not entitled to this, because the parliament’s decision had previously declared illegitimate, and the late King’s niece Mary was excluded from the will and was also deprived crown inheritance. And since all three of these princesses are deprived of this right, then, of course, it should go to Lady Francis, and from her to her daughter, Lady Jane.

Edward agreed, and put his signature.

Under pressure from the Duke of Northumberland, members of the Privy Council approved Jane's claims to the throne. Everybody put their signatures, even Thomas Cranmer and William Cecil.

Northumberland began negotiations on the marriage of his fourth son, Lord Guilford Dudley, with Lady Jane Gray.

Guilford was a year older than Jane, but already gained a reputation as a rowdy and a drunkard. Jane's upbringing did not allow her to marry Guilford, but she could not go against the will of her parents.

On July 6, 1553, in the seventh year of his reign, the sixteen-year-old King Edward died at his residence in Greenwich. He died peacefully, the fact of his death could be hidden all this night and all the next day. It was necessary only not to disclose the death of the king before Princess Mary would be sharpened in the Tower and everything would be ready for the proclamation of Queen Lady Jane Gray.

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                                                                      OUR DAYS, CHILE.

In each person's life, an event happens, the most important thing in life. And in the life of a simple Chilean family an important event happened. Finally, Thomas and Josephine had two sons, with a difference of only three days. One Thomas called Agni, and the second Josephine called Raven. Thus, brothers Agni and Raven ( Crow ) Istukanov were born.

Their childhood did not pass as rapidly as their parents would like. At the age of 6, Crow went to school, and Agni was at 8 due to illness. Unfortunately, the brothers' parents had an accident and died when Istukanov was 12 years old. Agni easily suffered a loss, but Crow almost committed suicide: more than anything, he was afraid to lose his mother once. With his studies, they were not so hot, they didn’t like studying.

Crow ( Raven ) dreamed of heroism, he raved films about heroes, he dreamed of saving the girl, becoming a knight for her without fear and reproach. He was practically afraid of nothing. Entering the University as a programmer, Crow dreamed of creating his own life algorithm to go back in time and save his mother. Raven had already forgotten about his father: he was not so sad for his father as for the loss of his mother. Outside, Raven Bull was quite attractive for girls, many in the university had an eye on him: a sports figure, athletic build, Raven loved sports and a healthy lifestyle.

Agni paid little attention to his appearance, although he welcomed a healthy lifestyle. Agni was shorter than Crow, he loved history, and therefore he learned to be a teacher of geography and history. Among the hobbies there was only one: physics and astronomy. Agniy was wary of the girls and did not start a relationship with anyone: he wanted to be like Sherlock Holmes, he thought that women would interfere with his affairs, Agni tried not to fall in love with anyone, so as not to be nervous because of such nonsense, like love. At least that's what Agni thinks about.

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The first two courses, the brothers studied together for a programmer.

Autumn 2016, exams were near. The most difficult time in uni.

The teachers tried to support the students, but they were not good at it. Apparently the bad ones are psychologists.

- Tomorrow we have a history record, man,- Agni said at lunch.

- So what? - asked the Raven, putting things in a bag, - I myself did not know what?

- Well, well, well, well, - Agni waved his hand, - If you are purple ..

- Violet to me, man, - said the Raven, - History. Was there anyway?

- What do you mean by that?

- I..

But then, as if from nowhere, a bell rang through the university. Started a couple of stories.

Entering the audience, Agni and Raven sat down at the table by the window and opened their notebooks. The raven just stared out the window. He was not up to a couple, he was all in his thoughts. He was related to rather closed people, he kept something in himself constantly, as if he was afraid to share his personal, painful ones with someone. Or maybe he just had no one to share it with him. Brother Crow loved, respected, but could not tell him everything, everyone has his own personal, something very secret, something that a person keeps in himself. The secret is not always bad, it so happens that you need to keep something secret from another person. But Crow had too many secrets. And maybe just in his soul was going to a mess, which is likely. Kavardak of dissatisfaction with life. Yes, he lived in one of the best countries in the world, he was proud of that, but in his heart he had his personal, his innermost. So special that he could not share it with his brother or his parents, whether they are alive. Perhaps sometime such a little man will appear, to whom the Crow will entrust his inmost things. And maybe he will be happy. Who knows who knows..

Crow treated love very rosyly, unlike his brother. The raven fell in love with every beauty that he saw either on the streets in Santiago de Chile, or on TV, or on the internet, or somewhere else. But Crow knew that now is the time, that to meet his sincere love is a great rarity, real and disinterested feelings died a long time ago. In the distant past, and not in South America. It was in France, England and other European countries. Latin Americans, though descendants of the Spaniards, but then mixed and Indian blood, and Croatian, and from other countries in the region. In history, Crow knew that the very era of gentlemenhood was in France and England about 200 years ago, and the worst century in terms of world history is the 20th century: hunger strike, war, bombardment of peaceful cities, millions of deaths. This is all terrible. Such an influx of violence has not been in any era in the history of mankind. It was during the Second World War period that the Nazis fled to South America, therefore, especially in Argentina, some Nazi repositories, symbols and other symbols of Germany remained. In the south of Chile there are many Croats, and in Uruguay there is a village where there are even signs in Russian. Someone would not say, but Russia is so powerful Power that even in such a distant land as Uruguay there are signs in Russian.

Living in modern times, Crow felt how much the world has changed, money has taken the main place for people, so a man began to spoil as a person, like I. This is not poor Indian slums in Mumbai, where people are kind and happy because the poor are not spoiled by money and wealth .

Reflections of our philosopher were interrupted by a voice that sounded to Crow at first from afar (as far as the Crow went into his thoughts), and then with each word became louder and louder until the student finally realized that this voice was addressed to him . See, what an honor! The teacher broke the pair for the sake of Raven! It is worthy of pride for the crow. Not everyone is given this!

- What bird, flew to the warm edge? - Teacher snehidnyal.

- No, Sir Peter, - Crow rose, - I was a little distracted.

- You are staring at the window for a couple, - Peter shouted, - Crow. Tomorrow you have an exam. How are you going to take it? And what are you smiling, Priscilla? You are next. Good. Raven, what was I talking about now with a couple?

- Um ... You talked about .. about the story .. - said the Crow. There was laughter in the audience, and the teacher didn’t even believe his ears:

- How clever you are, eh! For the trick put 5+, dude! After all, you have to think, of course, that in the history lesson I will talk about history. What is the theme? Well?

- The story of life, - said the Crow.

- God, what are you doing, man, - whispered Agni, - He spoke about ..

- Agni. Do you want to go to the podium? Let me sit at the desk, and you will read a couple to us.

- No, sir, - Agni stumbled to his notebook.

- Why is it so? You all know everything for everyone, - the teacher was very unhappy. Well, of course, you can understand him. After all, he is crucified here, reads a lecture in front of hundreds of blockheads. Even a drop of respect and gratitude for such ungrateful students is thirsty (and all is due to education), and here all sorts of insolent Ravens gaze out the window for half an hour. How so?!

- I am just learning, - Agni shrank at the table.

- So! Raven, maybe you will now remember that we have a lecture. Martha! Do not try to prompt.

- He was talking about Joan of Arc, - when Peter yawned, Martha, who was sitting behind, had time to prompt Raven.

- You talked about Joan of Arc, - the Raven said, - Silence reigned, then laughter broke out in the audience, and the teacher knocked the hammer on the podium.

- Silence in the audience! Quiet everyone! I said be silent! Raven Are you kidding me? What kind of Edritova mother Joan of Arc, that would have taken her devils. What the hell would take you! What are you, Raven, joking? Have you smoked Colombian cannabis?

- No, sir ... After all, I am not in Colombia, - the Raven retorted, which once again amused the audience. The teacher had already become crimson from anger and cried out:

- Your wit is inappropriate and leave your jokes after a couple. To the blackboard.

- But ..

- To the blackboard, I said, but not something stabbed!

- This is a murder, - a student shouted from behind,  - Crow. We will bury you with honors, in a bronze coffin.

- In gold, - said the Raven, - Like the Pharaohs."

- I'll kill you tomorrow at the exam, assholes, - the professor shouted, - Crow. You know about the pharaohs! Come to the board. Alive. With a bag.

- She won't be useful to you anymore, - cried another student, - You're a mummy now.

- C'mon, Thomas, - Crow dismissed his friend as if he were an annoying fly, - And you dung beetle."

- Phe-poo-poo-poo, - Thomas threw an indignant glance at his classmate, - How ugly!

- To the blackboard, man, - repeated the teacher.

- Go, man.

- What am I to you dude, man? - the teacher got mad when the Crow approached the board, - Stand in the center, so that the public would see you better.

Raven stood in the center and looked around the audience. He seemed to feel like a teacher, he saw from here the entire audience, almost all students, except for very distant rows. There, he noticed that students of older ages played cards, probably with money or something else, two girls in the left corner of the back table made a marafet on their face, spreading out cosmetics, as if in a salon, and not a pair in uni. Most of the students chained their eyes to Crow, in anticipation of fun: everyone knew that Crow with history was not so hot, he liked exact sciences more. According to history, Agni, his brother, was a specialist. But now Raven was standing here, and Agni only looked hopelessly at his brother. Although it seemed to Crow that Agni was smiling slightly.

- Crow cover, - a student whispered to her boyfriend, who also studied in this group.

- The fun will be! Extend your life.

- So. We have 40 minutes to the end! How do you overlook the fact that all these 40 minutes we talked to our bird!

The audience roared, and the professor nodded:

- Well, fine. Dear student Crow Eduardovich Istukanov. Good day!

- And you! - chill ran through the body of the Raven. He still wanted to pass the exam in history, something to go to the next course and the next year go to the programmer for a full higher.

- You mentioned Joan of Arc, - the professor continued, - Tell us, we have forgotten something. Who was this mysterious Jeanne?

- Chuvikha, - answered the raven, but Agni took his head. There was a laugh in the audience.

- Bah! Yes, this is new history data. These rank or position? - the teacher apparently also wanted to raise his mood from such nervous work.

- It was a reformer in France, - the Crow strained his memory.

- And what did she do?

- War.

- Made a war? Such a new interpretation in Spanish? You watch! And when did she live? 

- In the past.

- It's clear that this is not in the future, - the teacher smiled, - Let's go further. What is your favorite era?

- France or England.

- Epoch, not country, dude. Do not confuse, or your brain after the Colombian cannbis can not distinguish the essence of the issues?

- England or France from the Middle Ages to the 1899th year.

- 1889? Why such a date? Interesting Does 1900 mean shit already?

- Yes.

- What do you know about the history of your favorite era?

- It was cool there!

- You lived there means, yes? Cool preserved.

The audience roared again with laughter, but Crow was not amused. He began to be very embarrassed by such a turn of events, he did not want to think so about him. I didn’t want to be a laughing stock, but if he didn’t know the answers to the questions, what could he do about it? Never mind!

- The era of gentlemanhood originated in France and England, but today it has died, - said Raven, - I love the history of England, I know about several dynasties.

- ABOUT! Yes, you grow above yourself! Tomorrow at least something will be able to answer the exam! Cool!

- Yes, I know about Tudors.

- Tell us, we have become forgetful last days. In Santiago could, he weathered the memory in the Andes!

- This is one of the brightest dynasties in the history of England, Henry VII, who assumed his position in 1485, is considered to be the ancestor. The dynasty itself existed until 1603. After the death of Henry in 1509, one of the brightest kings in the history of mankind, Henry VIII, took the throne. Under his rule ..

- Enough! - the teacher interrupted the Crow, - Here the good fellow. So you can know any topic if you want! You can sit down, continue the pair.

- Can I finish?

- If not for long, please.

- The history knows many cases of wars, repressions, hunger strikes. Take our twentieth century, two won, two hunger strikes, the bombing of Japanese cities. About this, I thought, looking out the window at the pair. But the Tudor dynasty distinguished itself by one short reign, which lasted only ..

- Come on, quietly in the hall! About whom Raven speaks, - the teacher turned to the audience, - Who of the Tudors did not have long rules?

- Mary Bloody rules for several years, - someone shouted from the audience.

- Elizabeth, - some girl shouted.

- And they laughed with Crow, - said the teacher, - Elizabeth is one of the longest boards in history.

- This is about the nine-day queen Lady Jane Gray, - continued Raven, - I learned about her when I was preparing a history report at the college, at the graduation course about Tudors. She reigned in the summer of 1553, from July 10 to 19. She was a very kind and fair girl, for her kindness and generosity were always in the first place. She knew many languages, and Latin, and Greek and Hebrew. What she just did not know. She would have set the heat in our day, but she was executed. She was executed by Maria the Bloody, my most disliked in the history of the queen and generally the most disliked by me man. That would be a time machine and save Jane Gray! She was executed on February 12, 1554. She was buried in Taer, in the chapel of St. Peter in Chains, in a local cemetery, next to her husband, Guilford Dudley, whom she had never loved.

- Sit down, Raven. Today you have 7.

But the bell had just rang and all the students poured out. Couples for today are over.

- Well done, - Agni praised his brother, - How shitty I started and how brilliantly finished! Dude, surprised!

- You are well done, - a girl in a black jacket approached Raven, - My name is Barbara.

- Very nice, - Raven did not take his eyes off his classmate.

- I need to trash, - Agni abruptly walked away and winked at his brother, they say, do not get lost.