Mary Tudor

Mary Tudor

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9781408800782
Untertitel:
England's First Queen
Genre:
Briefe & Biografien
Autor:
Anna Whitelock
Herausgeber:
Bloomsbury
Anzahl Seiten:
384
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.03.2010
ISBN:
978-1-4088-0078-2

A page-turning, revisionist history of the villainised and misunderstood Mary Tudor, the first queen of England A page-turning, revisionist history of the villainised and misunderstood Mary Tudor, the first queen of England

Zusatztext 'Whitelock's fine new biography tells, instead, the story of the road that Mary did take, from cradle to throne' Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England.Anna Whitelock's absorbing debut tells the remarkable story of a woman who was a princess one moment, and a disinherited bastard the next. It tells of her Spanish heritage and the unbreakable bond between Mary and her mother, Katherine of Aragon; of her childhood, adolescence, rivalry with her sister Elizabeth and finally her womanhood. Throughout her life Mary was a fighter, battling to preserve her integrity and her right to hear the Catholic mass. Finally, she fought for the throne. The Mary that emerges from this groundbreaking biography is not the weak-willed failure of traditional narratives, but a complex figure of immense courage, determination and humanity. Vorwort A page-turning, revisionist history of the villainised and misunderstood Mary Tudor, the first queen of England Zusammenfassung In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. This title tells of Mary's Spanish heritage and the unbreakable bond between Mary and her mother, Katherine of Aragon; of her childhood, adolescence, rivalry with her sister Elizabeth and finally her womanhood.

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. Anna Whitelock's absorbing debut tells the remarkable story of a woman who was a princess one moment, and a disinherited bastard the next. It tells of her Spanish heritage and the unbreakable bond between Mary and her mother, Katherine of Aragon; of her childhood, adolescence, rivalry with her sister Elizabeth and finally her womanhood. Throughout her life Mary was a fighter, battling to preserve her integrity and her right to hear the Catholic mass. Finally, she fought for the throne. The Mary that emerges from this groundbreaking biography is not the weak-willed failure of traditional narratives, but a complex figure of immense courage, determination and humanity.


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