A striking and sympathetic portrait of England's first Queen, Mary I - whose character has been vilified for over 400 years. 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 reigns of her father, Henry VIII, and brother Edward VI. The author does not belittle Mary's burning of heretics, which earned her the subriquet 'Bloody Mary', but she also had many endearing personal qualities and talents, not least the courage of leadership she showed in facing down Northumberland's rebellion. A well-balanced and readable biography of Mary I is long overdue.
- ISBN10 0749951443
- ISBN13 9780749951443
- Publish Date 27 September 2007
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 7 October 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Portrait
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 464
- Language English