The Sisters Of Henry Viii
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Author | : Melanie Clegg |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword History |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781473893153 |
When the thirteen year old Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York, married King James IV of Scotland in a magnificent proxy ceremony held at Richmond Palace in January 1503, no one could have guessed that this pretty, redheaded princess would go on to have a marital career as dramatic and chequered as that of her younger brother Henry VIII. Left widowed at the age of just twenty three after her husband was killed by her brother's army at the battle of Flodden, Margaret was made Regent for her young son and was temporarily the most powerful woman in Scotland - until she fell in love with the wrong man, lost everything and was forced to flee the country. In a life that foreshadowed that of her tragic, fascinating granddaughter Mary Queen of Scots, Margaret hurtled from one disaster to the next and ended her life abandoned by virtually everyone: a victim both of her own poor life choices and of the simmering hostility between her son, James V and her brother, Henry VIII.
Author | : Jennifer Kewley Draskau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2015-12-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780993395710 |
The story of the ill-fated favourite sister of Henry VIII who, like so many royals of the time, was traded as a commodity to secure the power of her country. Princess Mary Tudor was married against her will to the King of France. Later, still a beautiful woman, she married her brother's friend, Charles Brandon, bearing him four children before dying while she still young.
Author | : Alison Weir |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2011-09-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307806863 |
“Fascinating . . . Alison Weir does full justice to the subject.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of "Bloody Mary," and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I. As always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historian's and the biographer's art. “Like anthropology, history and biography can demonstrate unfamiliar ways of feeling and being. Alison Weir's sympathetic collective biography, The Children of Henry VIII does just that, reminding us that human nature has changed--and for the better. . . . Weir imparts movement and coherence while re-creating the suspense her characters endured and the suffering they inflicted.”—The New York Times Book Review
Author | : Maria Perry |
Publisher | : St Martins Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780312242411 |
Focuses on the two sisters of Henry VIII, analyzing their influence on English and European history during the rise of the Tudor period.
Author | : Hester W. Chapman |
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Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Author | : Josephine Wilkinson |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1848680899 |
The scandalous true story of Mary Boleyn, infamous sister of Anne, and mistress of Henry VIII. Mary Boleyn, 'the infamous other Boleyn girl', began her court career as the mistress of the king of France. Francois I of France would later call her 'The Great Prostitute' and the slur stuck. The bete-noir of her family, Mary was married her off to a minor courtier but it was not long before she caught the eye of Henry VIII and a new affair began. Although a bright star at Henry's court, she was soon eclipsed by her highly spirited and more accomplished sister, Anne, who rapidly took her place in the king's heart. However, the ups and downs of the Boleyn sisters were far from over. Mary would emerge the sole survivor of a family torn apart by lust and ambition, and it is in Mary and her progeny that the Boleyn legacy rests.
Author | : Maria Perry |
Publisher | : Andre Deutsch Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-02 |
Genre | : Europe |
ISBN | : 9780233002088 |
"Much has been written about Henry VIII and his six wives, but his sisters, Margaret and Mary, have had less of the limelight ... In the Tudor age both Margaret and Mary were thought to be more important personalities than Henry's six wives. Margaret became Queen of Scotland at the age of thirteen; Mary, Henry's famously beautiful younger sister, was married off to the ageing King of France. Against convention, both chose their second husbands for love. Mary risked her head by proposing to the handsome Duke of Suffolk; Margaret's husband James IV was killed by henry's armies, her children were snatched from her and her two subsequent husbands betrayed her, yet she defied convention by twice seeking divorce"--Publisher's description.
Author | : Maria Perry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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Author | : David Loades |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2012-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 144561040X |
The story of Henry VIII's sister Mary Rose, the beautiful princess who married first the King of France and then the great rake of the Tudor era, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.
Author | : Hester W. Chapman |
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Release | : 1969 |
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