num_pages: 533
description: Here is the tragic, stormy life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. Her story is a chronicle of courage and faith, betrayal and treachery-set amidst the splendor, pageantry, squalor, and intrigue of sixteenth-century Europe.The history of Mary Tudor is an improbable blend of triumph, humiliation, heartbreak, and devotion-and Ms. Erickson recounts it all against the turbulent background of European politics, war, and religious strife of the mid-1500s. The result is a rare portrait of the times and of a woman elevated to unprecedented power in a world ruled and defined by men.
language: English
title: Bloody Mary
titlecomplete: Bloody Mary
characters: Mary I of England
genres: British Literature, Historical, History, Religion, Tudor Period, European History, Biography Memoir, Biography, 16th Century, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 4165
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin