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“Amanda Schiavo offers readers a moving and deeply human view of an often misunderstood and overlooked woman, the complicated Queen Mary I of England.” —Jean M. Roberts, author of The Midsummer Women and Now Comes the Raven
Mary Tudor has done the impossible. She has taken back her throne in a bloodless coup, becoming the first woman to rule England in her own right. Now, as Mary navigates this uncharted path, she embarks on a mission to restore Catholicism in a country that has been torn apart by religious strife and become increasingly more Protestant.
Mary urgently feels the need to produce an heir, but her main concern is to preserve the souls of her people. Her methods, however, are gruesome and misguided. Soon Mary finds herself struggling to maintain the love of a country that once adored her, while remaining true to her conscience and her faith.
Impeccably researched, Mary’s real story—much different from the “Bloody Mary” title history gives her—is filled with love, loss, betrayal, and an earnest desire to do the right thing.