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Mary Tudor's Family Tree
Author's Note
Introduction: Resurrection
PART ONE A King's Daughter
Chapter 1 Princess of England 3
Chapter 2 A True Friendship and Alliance 7
Chapter 3 Are You the Dauphin of France? 13
Chapter 4 A Very Fine Young Cousin Indeed 16
Chapter 5 The Institution of a Christian Woman 21
Chapter 6 Great Signs and Tokens of Love 25
Chapter 7 Princess of Wales 28
Chapter 8 Pearl of the World 33
Chapter 9 This Sheer Calamity 36
Chapter 10 The King's Great Matter 43
Chapter 11 The Scandal of Christendom 48
Chapter 12 The Lady Mary 53
Chapter 13 Spanish Blood 58
Chapter 14 High Traitors 61
Chapter 15 Worse Than a Lion 65
Chapter 16 Suspicion of Poison 71
Chapter 17 The Ruin Of the Concubine 76
Chapter 18 Most Humble and Obedient Daughter 83
Chapter 19 Incredible Rejoicing 91
Chapter 20 Deliverance of a Goodly Prince 96
Chapter 21 The Most Unhappy Lady in Christendom 100
Chapter 22 For Fear of Making a Ruffle in the World 106
Chapter 23 More a Friend Than a Stepmother 117
Chapter 24 The Family of Henry VIII 117
Chapter 25 Departed This Life 122
PART TWO A King's Sister
Chapter 26 The King is Dead, Long Live the King 131
Chapter 27 Fantasy and New Fangleness 137
Chapter 28 Advice to Be Conformable 143
Chapter 29 The Most Unstable Man in England 148
Chapter 30 What Say You, Mr Ambassador? 152
Chapter 31 An Unnatural Example 157
Chapter 32 Naughty Opinion 162
Chapter 33 Matters Touching My Soul 166
Chapter 34 My Device for the Succession 170
Chapter 35 Friends in the Briars 176
Chapter 36 True Owner of the Crown 179
PART THREE A Queen
Chapter 37 Marye the Quene 187
Chapter 38 The Joy of the People 191
Chapter 39 Clemency and Moderation 197
Chapter 40 Old Customs 204
Chapter 41 God Save Queen Mary 209
Chapter 42 Iniquitous Laws 212
Chapter 43 A Marrying Humor 217
Chapter 44 A Suitable Partner in Love 223
Chapter 45 A Traitorous Conspiracy 228
Chapter 46 Gibbets and Hanged Men 236
Chapter 47 Sole Queen 243
Chapter 48 Good Night, My Lords all 248
PART FOUR A King's Wife
Chapter 49 With this Ring I Thee Wed 255
Chapter 50 Mutual Satisfaction 258
Chapter 51 The Happiest Couple in the World 262
Chapter 52 To Reconcile, not to Condemn 268
Chapter 53 The Queen is With Child 273
Chapter 54 Her Majesty's Belly 277
Chapter 55 Blood and Fire 282
Chapter 56 Extraordinarily in Love 288
Chapter 57 Committed to the Flames 293
Chapter 58 A Great and Rare Example of Goodness 298
Chapter 59 Stout and Devilish Hearts 301
Chapter 60 Obedient Subject and Humble Sister 307
Chapter 61 A Warmed Over Honeymoon 311
Chapter 62 A Public Enemy to Ourselves 315
Chapter 63 The Grief of the Most Serene Queen 319
Chapter 64 Readiness for Change 323
Chapter 65 Thinking Myself to Be With Child 326
Chapter 66 Reasonable Regret for her Death 329
Epilogue: Veritas Temporis Filia 334
Acknowledgments 341
Notes 343
Select Bibliography 375
Index 385
Illustration Credits 401
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Gary Schulz
reviewed Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen on October 26, 2012
Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen
Mary Tudor receives considerably less press than her more glamorous younger half-sister. Elizabeth's long reign, fascinating relationships and excellent self-promotion (i.e. Mary's death anniversary is celebrated as "Elizabeth's Accession Day") have been grist historians, novelists and movie directors. In contrast, Mary is often considered interim figure known primarily for her nick-name, deserved or not, "Bloody Mary".
Author Anna Whitelock presents a very sympathetic portrait of Mary. While she is highly persuasive, the sources she's relied on, such as Eusatce Chapuys, the envoy of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, and The State Papers of the Vatican, I expect, are overly supportive of Mary. It would be interesting to see another bio, more reliant on other less partisan material.
It is clear, that history has not given Mary her due. She took strong, life threatening stands against her father and brother on behalf of herself, her mother and her cause. This sort of chutzpah for a woman of her time is amazing. Mary undoubtedly had leadership qualities; she inspired loyalty among her staff, the nobility and the population in general. On the death of Edward VI, she had great instincts and was decisive. She raised an army and plotted her own successful revolt against a seated monarch. Her first speech as Queen hit just the right note. It seems that once she achieved power, she didn't know what to do with it.
One does have to sympathize with Mary as she suffers the unnecessary stringency of house arrest in her tender years. Quoted material shows Elizabeth to have a cocky attitude, particularly regarding the Wyatt affair. Mary gets lip service but little support from her uncle (and sometime suitor) Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. While it seems that Philip might never have intended to stay in England it's clear he did not intend to honor the marriage treaty that kept him out of its governance.
You can see from Mary's story the lessons that Elizabeth learned. She saw how being the "rising sun" allowed her to escape blame for plots against Mary. She saw how a husband was more hindrance than help.
This is a good book, but it's a once over lightly. I hope future biographers take a closer look at Mary as a person (analyzing her relationship with Philip and her pseudo pregnancies), the Mary-Elizabeth relationship (nicely introduced in Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen but worthy of its own volume), and Mary's role in the burning of martyrs. At times she seems detached, but in the case of Thomas Cramner, revenge is clearly her motive. In the meanwhile, this is a accessible sympathetic overview of Mary and her reign.
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