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Author : Anna Whitelock
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143128655
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mary Tudor written by Anna Whitelock and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unadulterated look at "Bloody Mary"--Elder daughter of Henry VIII, Catholic zealot, and England's first and most murderous queen--argues that history has treated the much-maligned monarch unfairly.

Author : Elizabeth Norton
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445614928
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elfrida written by Elizabeth Norton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-ever biography of the most powerful woman of tenth-century England.

Author : Linda Porter
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 142996426X
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of "Bloody Mary" written by Linda Porter and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 668 pages. 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.

Author : Linda Porter
Publisher : Piatkus
ISBN 13 : 074812232X
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mary Tudor written by Linda Porter and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Jane Dunn
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1443458414
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elizabeth and Mary written by Jane Dunn and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their enemies branded them both murderesses, whores and daughters of the devil. Elizabeth’s supporters anointed her a hero and savior, while Mary’s faithful invested her as a saint and martyr. Reigning side by side, but yet never meeting face-to-face, these queens were inexorably linked in a tumultuous relationship that, until now, has never fully been revealed and explored. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens is master biographer Jane Dunn’s richly textured portrait of two incredible women. A story of a relationship punctuated by reversals of fortune; murder mysteries; sexual intrigue; reckless behavior, heated battles and cold war, Elizabeth & Mary is staged against a past as dark and dangerous as it was vibrantly alive. Dunn shows the indissoluble bond between the queens was forged by two opposing forces; their shared inheritance and rivalry for Elizabeth’s crown set against their natural solidarity as ruling females in an overwhelmingly masculine world. She delves behind Elizabeth’s reputation as steely virgin queen, using her celibacy as a weapon, valuing reason and duty above all. She looks at Mary as celebrity queen, femme fatale and flawed heroine, a woman who capped the theatre of her death in a brilliant cloak of redemption. And she corrects many misconceptions about her subjects, revealing Mary as a more serious contender for power than had been previously thought, and Elizabeth as far more vulnerable than her formidable reputation. Intelligent and completely riveting, this beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated book masterfully juxtaposes the histories of two remarkable women, culminating in tragedy, as Elizabeth the victor—hesitantly—signed her cousin’s death warrant.

Author : John Edwards
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300118104
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mary I written by John Edwards and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen offers a detailed portrait of the daughter of Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon, exploring her religious faith and policies, as well as her historical significance in English history.

Author : Mary (Queen of Scots)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life of Mary, Queen of Scots. [By James Grant.] written by Mary (Queen of Scots) and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anna Whitelock
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143128655
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mary Tudor written by Anna Whitelock and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unadulterated look at "Bloody Mary"--Elder daughter of Henry VIII, Catholic zealot, and England's first and most murderous queen--argues that history has treated the much-maligned monarch unfairly.

Author : Linda Porter
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 074812232X
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mary Tudor written by Linda Porter and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Gregory Slysz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780852448564
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mary Tudor, England's First Queen Regnant. Truth Is the Daughter of Time written by Gregory Slysz and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reign of Mary I has received much scholarly attention in recent times. Age-old assumptions about its policies, its achievements, its power-brokers, their motives and above all Mary herself have been subjected to extensive revision. The task, however, has had to overcome centuries of misinformation and anti-Catholic propaganda and prejudice that conspired to depict the English Reformation as an inevitable popular revolt against a corrupt and detested Church and of Mary Tudor, as the one who bucked the trend with her cruelty and ineptitude. This volume aims to offer a reassessment of the key controversies of the Marian period. It seeks to demonstrate both that Mary's sobriquet 'bloody' is undeserved and that her reign was considerably more successful than its detractors have claimed. It also posits that the critical anti-Catholic reaction to Mary's reign helped to define the nature of the 'liberal' English/British nation-state as well as contribute to its national 'ideology' and self-understanding for nearly five hundred years.