Overview
Born from young King Henryās first marriage, his elder daughter, Princess Mary, is raised to be queen once it becomes clear that her mother, Katherine of Aragon, will bear no more children. However, Henryās passion for Anne Boleyn has a devastating influence on the young princessās future when, determined to sire a male heir, he marries Anne, has his marriage to Katherine declared unlawful, brands Mary illegitimate, and banishes them both from the royal court. But when Anne too fails to produce a son, she is beheaded and Mary is allowed to return to court as the default heir. At age twenty, she waits in vain for her own marriage and children, but who will marry her, bastard that she is?
Yet Mary eventually triumphs and becomes queen, after first deposing aĀ seventeen-year-old usurper, Lady Jane Grey, and ordering her beheading.Ā Any hopes that Mary, as the first female queen regent of England, will show religious toleration are dashed when she embarks on a ruthless campaign to force Catholicism on the English by burning hundreds of Protestants at the stake. But while her brutality will forever earn her the name Bloody Mary, at heart she is an insecure and vulnerable woman, her character forged by the unhappiness of her early years.
In Alison Weirās masterful novel, the drama of Mary Iās life and five-year reignāfrom her abusive childhood, marriage, and mysterious pregnancies to the cruelty that marks her legacyācomes to vivid life.
This book title, The Passionate Tudor (A Novel of Queen Mary I), ISBN: 9780593355107, by Alison Weir, published by Random House Publishing Group (May 28, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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