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Mary Tudor "Bloody Mary"

2012-06-30 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2012-06-30
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Book Synopsis Mary Tudor "Bloody Mary" by : Gretchen Maurer

Download or read book Mary Tudor "Bloody Mary" written by Gretchen Maurer. This book was released on 2012-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first reigning Queen of England, Mary Tudor believed fervently that Catholicism should be the religion of the land, leading her to burn at the stake hundreds of Protestants. Was she just a ruler of her times, or did she deserve the name, Bloody Mary? Gorgeous illustrations and an intelligent, evocative story bring to life a real dastardly dame who, fueled by her faith, created a religious firestorm.

The Myth of "Bloody Mary"

2009-08-04 History
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Release : 2009-08-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Myth of "Bloody Mary" by : Linda Porter

Download or read book The Myth of "Bloody Mary" written by Linda Porter. This book was released on 2009-08-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking new biography of "Bloody Mary," Linda Porter brings to life a queen best remembered for burning hundreds of Protestant heretics at the stake, but whose passion, will, and sophistication have for centuries been overlooked. Daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, wife of Philip of Spain, and sister of Edward VI, Mary Tudor was a cultured Renaissance princess. A Latin scholar and outstanding musician, her love of fashion was matched only by her zeal for gambling. It is the tragedy of Queen Mary that today, 450 years after her death, she remains the most hated, least understood monarch in English history. Linda Porter's pioneering new biography—based on contemporary documents and drawing from recent scholarship—cuts through the myths to reveal the truth about the first queen to rule England in her own right. Mary learned politics in a hard school, and was cruelly treated by her father and bullied by the strongmen of her brother, Edward VI. An audacious coup brought her to the throne, and she needed all her strong will and courage to keep it. Mary made a grand marriage to Philip of Spain, but her attempts to revitalize England at home and abroad were cut short by her premature death at the age of forty-two. The first popular biography of Mary in thirty years, The First Queen of England offers a fascinating, controversial look at this much-maligned queen.

Mary Tudor

2010-05-17 History
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Release : 2010-05-17
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Mary Tudor by : Anna Whitelock

Download or read book Mary Tudor written by Anna Whitelock. This book was released on 2010-05-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. Anna Whitelock's absorbing debut tells the remarkable story of a woman who was a princess one moment, and a disinherited bastard the next. It tells of her Spanish heritage and the unbreakable bond between Mary and her mother, Katherine of Aragon; of her childhood, adolescence, rivalry with her sister Elizabeth and finally her womanhood. Throughout her life Mary was a fighter, battling to preserve her integrity and her right to hear the Catholic mass. Finally, she fought for the throne. The Mary that emerges from this groundbreaking biography is not the weak-willed failure of traditional narratives, but a complex figure of immense courage, determination and humanity.

Mary Tudor

2008 Great Britain
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Release : 2008
Genre : Great Britain
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Book Synopsis Mary Tudor by : Jane Buchanan

Download or read book Mary Tudor written by Jane Buchanan. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the first ruling queen of England.

Bloody Mary

2018-06-06 Great Britain
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Release : 2018-06-06
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Book Synopsis Bloody Mary by : Phil Carradice

Download or read book Bloody Mary written by Phil Carradice. This book was released on 2018-06-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553 it was with wild rejoicing and a degree of popularity rarely seen on the accession of a British monarch. Yet at her death five years later she was almost universally reviled and hated by her people so much so that she was posthumously awarded the sobriquet Bloody Mary. Mary's revenge on the church and on a religion she hated was swift and total. Noblemen like the Duke of Northumberland, would-be queens like Lady Jane Grey, churchmen like Thomas Cranmer and bishops Latimer and Ridley, Mary's fires or the executioner's axe ended the lives of all of them. During her brief reign she restored the Catholic faith to England and had over 280 Protestant martyrs burned at the stake. For a reign that looked so promising Mary's brief period in power brought the greatest officially sanctioned religious bloodletting the country had ever seen. And at the end, the stench of the execution fires and the grey smoke that settled like a pall across the country seemed to epitomize the reactionary forces that had assumed control.

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