The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary"
A Nonfiction, Tudor Period, History book. In 1485, the year of the accession of Marys grandfather, Henry VII, England suffered its...
In this groundbreaking new biography of “Bloody Mary,” Linda Porter brings to life a queen best remembered for burning hundreds of Protestant heretics at the stake, but whose passion, will, and sophistication have for centuries been overlooked.Daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, wife of Philip of Spain, and sister of Edward VI, Mary Tudor was a cultured Renaissance princess. A Latin scholar and outstanding musician, her love of fashion was matched only by her zeal for gambling. It is the tragedy of Queen Mary that today, 450 years after her death, she remains the most hated, least understood monarch in English history.Linda Porter’s pioneering new biography—based on contemporary documents and drawing from recent scholarship—cuts through the myths to reveal the truth about the first queen to rule England in her own right. Mary learned politics in a hard school, and was cruelly treated by her father and bullied by the...
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In 1485, the year of the accession of Marys grandfather, Henry VII, England suffered its first outbreak of the sweating sickness, a type of virulent influenza that tended to be more prevalent in the warmer months. It struck swiftly and with frightening effect, killing seemingly healthy people in the space of 24 hours. Linda Porter, The Myth of "Bloody Mary": A Biography of Queen Mary I of England The barbarity, duplicity and sheer effrontery of the English were often remarked upon. Pink, white and quarrelsome was the splendid description of one group of disgusted Spanish visitors. Linda Porter, The Myth of "Bloody Mary": A Biography of Queen Mary I of England
There have been perennial books popping up every now and then about Henry VIII and his six wives and his larger than life daughter, Elizabeth I. Although there have been several other biographies done in the past of Mary I that give a new perspective to this much maligned figure, I think no one has done what Porter has done -and this... Truly the case of a victim (of sorts) being made out to be the blood-thirsty "bad guy", Mary Tudor unfortunately has a bad reputation. Although this viewpoint has been more than avidly blamed on Elizabethan propaganda, the image remains. Linda Porter dives past the traditional stereotypes and bad blood (pun intended); to present Mary's... I thought this was a fantastic portrait on Mary Tudor. She is so easily glossed over in the shadow of her long-reigning, younger sister, but what I learned from this book was that Elizabeth modeled herself after Mary in many ways after her succession. Mary served as a role model for her, exemplifying what to do (and what not to do)...
