Bloody Mary

“This historical biography reads like the liveliest fiction” with an “utterly fascinating” portrait of the legendary queen and her world ( Chicago Tribune ). Here is the tragic, stormy life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. Her story is a chronicle of courage and faith, betrayal and treachery—all set amidst the splendor, pageantry, squalor, and intrigue of sixteenth-century Europe. The history of Mary Tudor is an improbable blend of triumph, humiliation, heartbreak,