Mary Tudor: The Spanish Tudor

After reading this book I actually felt sorry for Mary. It goes into a lot of detail about her life and it explains why she did what she did. Her father mentally abused and emotionally blackmailed her into doing what he wanted and denying that her mother was his true wife and that she was a bastard. That would leave any young child very messed up. The Author did a very good job at portraying the times that they lived in and wrote sympathetically but not romantically about her life. Highly recommended ( )

Prescott’s book about the stereotypical “Bloody Mary” actually gives a more humane approach to her biography. Instead, he paints her as a Christian warrior (like her grandmother, Isabella of Castile). Overall, this was a very informative work. ( )

Oh Mary.... ( )

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