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. Reigning through one of Britain's stormiest eras, she
earned the nickname "Bloody Mary" for her violent religious
persecutions. She was born a princess, the daughter of Henry VIII
and the Spanish Katherine of Aragon. Yet in the wake of Henry's
break with Rome, Mary, a devout Catholic, was declared illegitimate
and was disinherited. She refused to accept her new status or to
recognize Henry's new wife, Anne Boleyn, as queen. She faced
imprisonment and even death. Mary successfully fought to reclaim
her rightful place in the Tudor line, but her coronation would not
end her struggles. She flouted fierce opposition in marrying Philip
of Spain, sought to restore England to the Catholic faith, and
burned hundreds of dissenters at the stake. But beneath her hard
exterior was a woman whose private traumas of phantom pregnancies,
debilitating illnesses, and unrequited love played out in the
public glare of the fickle court. Though often overshadowed by her
long-reigning sister, Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor was a complex figure
of immense courage, determination, and humanity-and a political
pioneer who proved that a woman could rule with all the power of
her male predecessors.
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