古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
九日女王

lady jane grey was a beautiful girl who became queen of england at the age of 16. but her reign lasted only nine days.

a grandniece of henryⅧ, jane had some claim to the throne. her father, the duke of suffolk, and her father-in-law, the duke of northumberland, planned to use her to seize the succession, and persuaded edwardⅥ to name jane as his successor. on 10 july 1553, several days after edward's death, northumberland proclaimed her queen.

but edward's sister mary tudor, the heir according to henryⅧ's will, had the support of the populace. finally, on 19 july, suffolk had to tell his daughter to relinquish the crown. jane hoped to return to private life, but was held in the tower of london and beheaded in 1554. she was the innocent victim of her family's heartless ambitions.