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Bloody Mary: The Life of Mary Tudor

by Carolly Erickson · 1978 · 528 pages

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Mary Tudor has no monument in England. Her death was a national holiday for 200 years. But, in this biography, Carolly Erickson tells of how she survived an agonizing adolescence and how after winning the throne, she met her challenges with courage.

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Subject
historybiographymemoirpolitics
Genre
historical fictiontudor
Themes
historyroyaltyreligion
Setting
tudorrenaissanceenglandbritishspain
Audience
adult
Length
long · 528 pages

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