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Title: In the Shadow of the Crown by JEAN PLAIDY ISBN: 0-609-81019-7 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 18 May, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mary Tudor
Comment: When you think of Bloody Mary, one would think of a horrible monster. No one knows how truly horrible her life had really been.
Mary was brought up as the heir to the thrown of England. She enjoyed her lessons, loved her mother, and idolized her father, King Henry VIII. She had a perfect life. Being a Princess, she was naturally betrothed. Being a crown Princess and only legitimate offspring made her the only child to be used in political alliances. Mary liked the idea of marrying the Emperor, Charles, but that match was broken up. Mary had quite a friendship with Reginald Pole. He treated her tenderly.
But getting a husband was going to be hard because the King was seeking to get an annullment from Queen Catherine. Mary's legitmacy was in doubt. Mary's perfect life wasn't so perfect anymore. She was forbidden to see her mother and her father married Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn's child takes Mary's place as the heir.
This book tells about Mary's view of Henry's numerous wives, Edward's reign, Jane Grey and Philip of Spain. It shows that Mary wasn't really a bloodthirsty demon, but a pious, neglected woman who yearned for affection.
This book is wonderful and I recommend it to anyone who liked history fiction. Anyone who liked this book should read Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer.
Rating: 5
Summary: B LOODY MARY...
Comment: Jean Plaidy, known to her legion of fans as Victoria Holt, continues her "Queens of England" series of books with this, her sixth volume. It is a well written and engrossing work of historical fiction written as a first person narrative by Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VIII of England and Queen Katherine. Mary would eventually become Queen of England in her own right and leave a legacy whereby her subjects would remember her as "Bloody Mary".
As the only child of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, the future seemed rosy for the Princess Mary. She lived a fairytale life until her father, obsessed with begetting a male heir, fell for the charms of Anne Boleyn. From that moment on, life would never be the same for Mary. Her world was torn asunder, as her father became someone whom she did not recognize. His cruelties to her and her mother, Katherine, would leave an indelible mark on her life. Divorcing her mother to marry the notorious Anne Boleyn and splitting from the Catholic Church of Rome, Henry would set England on a course that would change history. It would also serve to reinforce Mary's Catholicism, the faith of her pious, long suffering mother.
Upon the death of her father, Mary would, along with her half sister Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn, become a pawn in the political intrigues of the day in which religion would become a focal issue. When Mary became Queen after the premature death of her sickly half brother, Edward VI, son of her father, Henry, and his hapless third wife, Jane Seymour, she tried to make England return to the Catholic Church of Rome. Under the guidance of some of her advisors, she would make horrific examples of those who would fail to embrace what she viewed as the true faith, a policy that would not endear her to her subjects. This, unfortunately, would be her legacy and would, ultimately, shape the future religious identity of England.
This is an absorbing story of one woman's struggle to survive the vicissitudes of life, the feckless love of her father, the King, the political intrigues of her day, the threat of imprisonment and death, and a loveless and childless marriage to Phillip of Spain. It is the story of a woman whose road to the throne was paved with many obstacles, and her ultimate acquisition of the crown would confer little happiness upon her. It is a spellbinding account of a life lived entirely in the shadow of the crown.
Rating: 4
Summary: About Mary I of England
Comment: This is the story of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII of England by Catherine of Aragon. The book tells of her life and how she secured the crown after her step-brother Edward VI died, despite conspiracies to prevent this becoming so.
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Title: Queen of This Realm by JEAN PLAIDY ISBN: 0609810200 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 18 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Thistle and the Rose : A Novel by JEAN PLAIDY ISBN: 0609810227 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 27 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Mary, Queen of France (The Tudor Princesses) by JEAN PLAIDY ISBN: 0609810219 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Rose Without a Thorn (The Wives of Henry VIII) by Jean Plaidy ISBN: 0609810170 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Lady in the Tower (The Wives of Henry VIII) by Jean Plaidy ISBN: 1400047854 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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