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...