This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the origins and growth of Mary Tudor's historical reputation, from the reign of Elizabeth I up to the 20th century.
An engrossing, unadulterated biography of “Bloody Mary”—elder daughter of Henry VIII, Catholic zealot, and England’s first reigning Queen Mary Tudor was the first woman to inherit the throne of England.
Recounts the life of Mary Tudor, including her early education and childhood, the public divorce of her parents, and her persecution of Protestants during her reign as queen.
Anna Whitelock's absorbing debut tells the remarkable story of a woman who was a princess one moment, and a disinherited bastard the next.
A page-turning, revisionist history of the villainised and misunderstood Mary Tudor, the first queen of England
She was the first woman to inherit the throne of England, a key player in one of Britain’s stormiest eras, and a leader whose unwavering faith and swift retribution earned her the nickname “Bloody Mary.” Now, in this impassioned and ...
Instead of the bloodthirsty bigot of Protestant mythology, Mary Tudor emerges from the pages of this deeply-researched biography as a cultured renaissance princess, a courageous survivor of the violent power struggles that characterised the ...
Features a biographical sketch of the English Queen Mary I (1516-1558), who was known as Mary Tudor, presented as part of the Catholic Encyclopedia resource of New Advent. Notes that Mary I was queen of England from 1553-1558.
Daughter of Henry VIII, half-sister to the future Elizabeth I, the turbulent life of the first woman to rule England and the cruel fate of those who opposed her iron will.
First published in 1940 under the title SPANISH TUDOR, Prescott's biography won the James Tait Black prize the following year. An extensively revised and updated edition was published in 1953 under the title MARY TUDOR.
ANYONE who writes the life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII., must owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs Everett Green, who first drove a wedge through the mass...
Learn about the first ruling queen of England.
... à vous dire. Mais je voudrais que l'ordre de suspendre l'exécution fût signé et l'homme parti. Ce sera une chose ... toi, je tremble aussi. Mets-toi à ma place à ton tour. Enfin, je pourrais bien ne pas prendre la peine de t'expliquer ...
Mary Tudor: The White Queen