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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Airport and Export ed edition (4 May 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1408803577
  • ISBN-13: 978-1408803578
  • Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 2.9 x 23.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
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'An impressive and powerful debut' David Starkey --anon

About the Author

Anna Whitelock gained her PhD in History from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 2004 with a thesis on the court of Mary I. Her articles and book reviews on various aspects of Tudor history have appeared in publications including the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement and BBC History. She has taught at Cambridge University and is now a lecturer in Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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4.0 out of 5 starsNice introduction...,
By cyberpiglet on 12 Aug. 2009
Format: Hardcover
If you have had limited exposure to the Tudor era, this is a nice introduction to the life and reign of Mary I. It provides an accessible overview without being difficult to follow.

Those with a good grounding in Tudor era history, however, will probably find nothing new in this book. I also found that the short chapters - so thoroughly praised by other reviewers - limit the amount of information that can be imparted about the subject at hand. Thus, one has the feeling that one is merely browsing Mary's life without going into it in much depth.

In short, this is a good book for one who is just discovering Mary Tudor. Those in search of a more in depth examination should look elsewhere.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA good introduction
By markr TOP 500 REVIEWER on 6 May 2012
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This is a straight forward chronological account of the life of Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. It is an easy read, with short chapters and a fast pace, and gives a balanced account of Mary's life, both before and after her coronation as Mary 1. It is a good introduction to the subject.

I would have liked more information about her reign, with more description and analysis of the effects of her policies - this book is about evenly split between the description of her life before coronation, when she was steadfast and brave in upholding her loyalty to her mother and to her faith, and her more controversial rule thereafter. Given that controversy I would have like more information and context to form my own opinion.

However, I did enjoy the book and will now look elsewhere for a more detailed analysis
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4.0 out of 5 starsA convincing rehabilitation of the first regnant Queen of England
By MarkK TOP 1000 REVIEWER on 7 Sept. 2010
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Mary Tudor has long suffered from the dual historical burden of Protestant propaganda and the long shadow cast by her half-sister, Elizabeth. The first has defined her as a failed queen who executed her subjects in a futile attempt to reimpose her Catholic faith, while the second has long distracted later generations from undertaking any sort of searching historical reevaluation. This is what makes Anna Whitelock's biography of the queen so refreshing. In it, she offers a dramatic reassessment of Mary, one that presents her not as "Bloody Mary" but as a successful monarch who persevered against numerous challenges.

Triumphing against adversity was not new to Mary as a queen, as she had been dealing with it from an early age. As the first surviving child of Henry VIII, she was a major political figure from the moment of her birth, and she became a prominent figure in the marriage politics of the royalty practically as soon as she could walk. Yet Henry's determination to have a son soon turned Mary into a virtual prisoner, cutting her off from her mother, Katherine of Aragon, and many of her potential supporters. It was only under the threat of death that she accepted her father's elevation to the head of a Church of England and her own status as a bastard. Though this helped rehabilitate her in her father's eyes and helped to confirm her right to the throne later, it did not return her to the status of heir apparent, as her half-brother Edward became next in line from the moment of his birth.

Though Mary initially enjoyed good relations with Edward and his subsequent regime, her determination to hold steadfast to her Catholic faith put her at odds with the increasingly radical tone of Edward's Protestant policies.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsEngland's First Queen
By Susie B TOP 100 REVIEWER on 8 Aug. 2016
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As commented by other reviewers writing here, Anna Whitelock's debut book is not a revisionist biography, nor is it an exhaustively in-depth analysis of Mary Tudor and, as far as I am aware, there are no significant new revelations made by the author about her subject; however, this attractively presented and well-researched book is a competent and very accessible account of the life and reign of the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. Many of us reading this book may already be aware that, due to her insecure position as the daughter of Henry VIII's discarded first wife, Katherine of Aragon, and her staunch Roman Catholicism, Mary Tudor's accession to the throne of England was somewhat against the odds and, once she was actually on the throne, her reign was a particularly difficult one - both politically and personally. Anna Whitelock explains just how traumatic Mary Tudor's life was, and she comments that the contrast between Mary as Queen and the personal tragedy of Mary as a woman, is the key to understanding her life and reign; she sums up her subject's life by stating that: "[Mary's] private traumas of phantom pregnancies, debilitating illnesses, and rejection - first by her father and then by her husband - were played out in the public glare of the fickle Tudor court. The woman who emerges is a complex figure of immense courage and resolve…" and Ms Whitelock carefully leads the reader through the events of Mary Tudor's life making this a sympathetic, faithfully rendered and very accessible account.
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4.0 out of 5 starsMary - The Forgotten 1st Queen
By Ms. J. K. Moore on 31 Jan. 2012
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Although she was England's first Queen and the eldest daughter of Hanry VIII she is very much forgotten. This book is beautifully researched and written. It shows Mary in her true light. Proving that she is indeeed the daughter of Henry VIII. The treatment of her by her father is most evident in the way she later treated her subjects. It is a shame that she is forgotten so badly despite what she did. Why should she seem to be cast into the shadow of her little half sister Elizabeth? This book tries to answer a lot of questions and makes you see Mary in a completely humanising light.
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