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<p><P>Few English monarchs have a worse reputation than Mary Tudor. She has been seen both as a religious fanatic who tried against the will of her people to reverse the course of the Reformation and as the pawn of her husband, Philip II of Spain - her infatuation with whom led her to betray England's vital interests.<br> <br> How this pious, and by contemporary accounts, gentle woman aroused an antipathy that survives until the present is a central question in David Loades's sensitive biography, now in paperback. Based on research into the documents of the time (many newly uncovered) the compelling story of Mary's life is revealed here in unprecedented detail and depth, packed with incident and intrigue, and enmeshed in the politics of secular and religious struggle in England and Europe.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>Mary Tudor has been variously depicted by historians and biographers, but the prevailing tendency has been to see her as a narrowly pious incompetent, richly deserving of the sobriquet ``Bloody Mary.'' As this fine life shows, the real Mary was a much more complex personality and has deserved a better fate at the hands of posterity. This full, well-rounded biograph

Author

David M. Loades

Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780631154532

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

3.89 / 5 (136 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14