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In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. Anna Whitelock's absorbing debut tells the remarkable story of a woman who was a princess one moment, and a disinherited bastard the next. It tells of her Spanish heritage and the unbreakable bond between Mary and her mother, Katherine of Aragon; of her childhood, adolescence, rivalry with her sister Elizabeth and finally her womanhood. Throughout her life Mary was a fighter, battling to preserve her integrity and her right to hear the Catholic mass. Finally, she fought for the throne. The Mary that emerges from this groundbreaking biography is not the weak-willed failure of traditional narratives, but a complex figure of immense courage, determination and humanity.
| ISBN | 1408800780 | | Pages | 384 | | ISBN13 | 9781408800782
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Previous ISBN | 9781408803578 | | Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 01 Mar 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 24 | | DEWEY | 942.054092 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Reading age | From |
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| | | Family Tree | | | | | | Prologue: Resurrection | | 1 | | Part One | | A King's Daughter | | | | 1 | | Princess of England | | 7 | | 2 | | A true friendship and alliance | | 11 | | 3 | | Are you the Dauphin of France? | | 17 | | 4 | | A very fine young cousin indeed | | 20 | | 5 | | The Institution of a Christian Woman | | 25 | | 6 | | Great signs and tokens of love | | 29 | | 7 | | Princess of Wales | | 32 | | 8 | | Pearl of the world | | 36 | | 9 | | This sheer calamity | | 39 | | 10 | | The King's Great Matter | | 45 | | 11 | | The scandal of Christendom | | 50 | | 12 | | The Lady Mary | | 55 | | 13 | | Spanish blood | | 60 | | 14 | | High traitors | | 63 | | 15 | | Worse than a lion | | 67 | | 16 | | Suspicion of poison | | 72 | | 17 | | The ruin of the Concubine | | 77 | | 18 | | Most humble and obedient daughter | | 83 | | 19 | | Incredible rejoicing | | 90 | | 20 | | Deliverance of a goodly Prince | | 94 | | 21 | | The most unhappy Lady in Christendom | | 98 | | 22 | | For fear of making a ruffle in the world | | 103 | | 23 | | More a friend than a stepmother | | 107 | | 24 | | The family of Henry VIII | | 112 | | 25 | | Departed this life | | 117 | | | More... | | |
'An impressive and powerful debut' David Starkey Whitelock offers an unforgettable picture of Mary alone in darkness, waiting for labour to begin for a child that never was ... Her book gives us a woman who met impossible challenges with courage and conviction' Diane Purkiss, Financial Times 'A rollercoaster of a story' Antonia Fraser, Mail on Sunday 'Whitelock's fine new biography tells, instead, the story of the road that Mary did take, from cradle to throne' Sunday Telegraph  Be the first to write a customer review
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