Mary Tudor - Anna Whitelock [0]
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Originally published by Bloomsbury, London, in 2009.
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For Sam, Lily, and Baillie
SHE WAS A KING’S DAUGHTER,
SHE WAS A KING’S SISTER,
SHE WAS A KING’S WIFE.
SHE WAS A QUEEN,
AND BY THE SAME TITLE A KING ALSO.
—John White, bishop of Winchester,
in his sermon at Mary’s funeral
CONTENTS
COVER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
MARY TUDOR’S FAMILY TREE
AUTHOR’S NOTE
INTRODUCTION: RESURRECTION
PART ONE • A KING’S DAUGHTER
CHAPTER 1. PRINCESS OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER 2. A TRUE FRIENDSHIP AND ALLIANCE
CHAPTER 3. ARE YOU THE DAUPHIN OF FRANCE?
CHAPTER 4. A VERY FINE YOUNG COUSIN INDEED
CHAPTER 5. THE INSTITUTION OF A CHRISTIAN WOMAN
CHAPTER 6. GREAT SIGNS AND TOKENS OF LOVE
CHAPTER 7. PRINCESS OF WALES
CHAPTER 8. PEARL OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER 9. THIS SHEER CALAMITY
CHAPTER 10. THE KING’S GREAT MATTER
CHAPTER 11. THE SCANDAL OF CHRISTENDOM
CHAPTER 12. THE LADY MARY
CHAPTER 13. SPANISH BLOOD
CHAPTER 14. HIGH TRAITORS
CHAPTER 15. WORSE THAN A LION
CHAPTER 16. SUSPICION OF POISON
CHAPTER 17. THE RUIN OF THE CONCUBINE
CHAPTER 18. MOST HUMBLE AND OBEDIENT DAUGHTER
CHAPTER 19. INCREDIBLE REJOICING
CHAPTER 20. DELIVERANCE OF A GOODLY PRINCE
CHAPTER 21. THE MOST UNHAPPY LADY IN CHRISTENDOM
CHAPTER 22. FOR FEAR OF MAKING A RUFFLE IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER 23. MORE A FRIEND THAN A STEPMOTHER
CHAPTER 24. THE FAMILY OF HENRY VIII
CHAPTER 25. DEPARTED THIS LIFE
PART TWO • A KING’S SISTER
CHAPTER 26. THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING
CHAPTER 27. FANTASY AND NEW FANGLENESS
CHAPTER 28. ADVICE TO BE CONFORMABLE
CHAPTER 29. THE MOST UNSTABLE MAN IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER 30. WHAT SAY YOU, MR AMBASSADOR?
CHAPTER 31. AN UNNATURAL EXAMPLE
CHAPTER 32. NAUGHTY OPINION
CHAPTER 33. MATTERS TOUCHING MY SOUL
CHAPTER 34. MY DEVICE FOR THE SUCCESSION
CHAPTER 35. FRIENDS IN THE BRIARS
CHAPTER 36. TRUE OWNER OF THE CROWN
PART THREE • A QUEEN
CHAPTER 37. MARYE THE QUENE
CHAPTER 38. THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER 39. CLEMENCY AND MODERATION
CHAPTER 40. OLD CUSTOMS
CHAPTER 41. GOD SAVE QUEEN MARY
CHAPTER 42. INIQUITOUS LAWS
CHAPTER 43. A MARRYING HUMOR
CHAPTER 44. A SUITABLE PARTNER IN LOVE
CHAPTER 45. A TRAITOROUS CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER 46. GIBBETS AND HANGED MEN
CHAPTER 47. SOLE QUEEN
CHAPTER 48. GOOD NIGHT, MY LORDS ALL
PART FOUR • A KING’S WIFE
CHAPTER 49. WITH THIS RING I THEE WED
CHAPTER 50. MUTUAL SATISFACTION
CHAPTER 51. THE HAPPIEST COUPLE IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER 52. TO RECONCILE, NOT TO CONDEMN
CHAPTER 53. THE QUEEN IS WITH CHILD
CHAPTER 54. HER MAJESTY’S BELLY
CHAPTER 55. BLOOD AND FIRE
CHAPTER 56. EXTRAORDINARILY IN LOVE
CHAPTER 57. COMMITTED TO THE FLAMES
CHAPTER 58. A GREAT AND RARE EXAMPLE OF GOODNESS
CHAPTER 59. STOUT AND DEVILISH HEARTS
CHAPTER 60. OBEDIENT SUBJECT AND HUMBLE SISTER
CHAPTER 61. A WARMED OVER HONEYMOON
CHAPTER 62. A PUBLIC ENEMY TO OURSELVES
CHAPTER 63. THE GRIEF OF THE MOST SERENE QUEEN
CHAPTER 64. READINESS FOR CHANGE
CHAPTER 65. THINKING MYSELF TO BE WITH CHILD
CHAPTER 66. REASONABLE REGRET FOR HER DEATH
EPILOGUE: VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARY TUDOR’S FAMILY TREE
AUTHOR’S NOTE
MARY’S REIGN HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED A TERRIBLE FOOTNOTE in English history, her reputation dominated by the great Elizabethan work of propaganda, John Foxe’s Actes and Monuments, which so graphically depicted “the horrible and bloudy time of Queene Mary.” It is striking that nearly 450 years later Foxe’s work continues to have a tenacious hold on the popular imagination. Recently this view found dramatic expression in Shekhar Kapur’s 1998 film Elizabeth, which portrays the dark, brutal, and barren world of Mary in contrast to the light, liberating