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Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen (2000)

by Anna Whitelock(Favorite Author)

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review 1: I very much enjoyed this refreshing biography of "Bloody Mary." My one criticism is that this book spends only a few pages on the religious burnings - almost glosses them over - but that material has been so thoroughly canvassed that it is hardly a loss. The book does an excellent job of helping the reader to understand Mary, and how she came to be a person who could go to such lengths - and, while not excusing her, to understand.
review 2: My copy is subtitled 'England's First Queen.' Putting Bastard in the updated version title is the publisher's way of getting it noticed. It was an okay book. I'd read nothing in detail about Mary. This was a good introduction, and very good for GCSE or A level students as an introduction. I have my doubts about 'real' rese... morearch going on here. Some of it was silly such as 'people throwing their hats in the air' with glee at Mary becoming Queen. I thought as well that Ms Whitelock just took it as read that the Protestant Martyrs put their hands in the flames before they were burnt, or stood reciting prayers. Rubbish, these martyrs were terrified human beings and what Ms Whitelock describes was propaganda written during Elizabeth's reign. A way to go before Ms Whitelock writes like Alison Weir. less

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