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Mary I: Queen of Sorrows

By: Alison Weir
Narrated by: Julie Maisey
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Sunday Times bestselling novelist Alison Weir returns with the spellbinding story of Mary I.

A DESTINY REWRITTEN. A ROYAL HEART DIVIDED.

Adored only child of Henry VIII and his Queen, Katherine of Aragon, Princess Mary is raised in the golden splendour of her father's court. But the King wants a son and heir.

With her parents' marriage, and England, in crisis, Mary's perfect world begins to fall apart. Exiled from the court and her beloved mother, she seeks solace in her faith, praying for her father to bring her home. But when the King does promise to restore her to favour, his love comes with a condition.

The choice Mary faces will haunt her for years to come - in her allegiances, her marriage and her own fight for the crown. Can she become the queen she was born to be?

MARY I. HER STORY.

Alison Weir's new Tudor novel is the tale, full of drama and tragedy, of how a princess with such promise, loved by all who knew her, became the infamous Bloody Mary.

©2024 Alison Weir (P)2024 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Biographical Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Renaissance Royalty Tudor Heartfelt England

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Another amazing historical figure brought back to life so we can get to know the whole story, good and bad. Such an appropriate title for this book. I knew about the name ‘Bloody Mary’ and often wondered how just this was, just like I knew bits and pieces about her life, but this book gives the detail and joins it all up to give you a real insight and the context. Beautifully narrated, it did leave me feeling somewhat sad for Mary.

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Too much is on her other excellent Tudor. Histories However the authors notes at the end improves my opinion.
It really is hard to sympathise with Mary despite her difficult childhood

Dissapointing from one of my favourite authors

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A great novel on Mary which really captured her fights and pains, sadly throughout her whole life. I agree in believing she did was she thought was right, but what one person thinks is right will definitely not be the same as everyone else’s & she had good intentions but executed them poorly. I really enjoyed the epilogue too and agree with Alison’s thoughts on Mary. Hoping the next book is either Edward or Elizabeth herself. ❤️

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I loved a book at last that came from mary l. in my opinion she is always pushed to the side for the other tudors. some things I can't get. there is no way she did not know what intimacy involved.
also her wishy washy attitude towards elizabeth. 1minute she likes her and is her sister, next minute she is in every plot and now she hates elizabeth, then she supposedly not even henry daughter. there is no way how staunch mary was that she would have had elizabeth as heir if she really thought she was mark Smeaton. every body knows that elizabeth looked more like her father than any of them. still a good book and worth the credit if you don't know about the tudors but every storyline I knew from beggining to end. my fault for buying the book. if your new to tudors you will like it. People complain about the narrator I thought she was good 👍

mary dislike for elizabeth it was wishy washy.

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I have always wanted to understand Mary I's perspective towards the strict religious policies of her reign, this book does an amazing job of explaining everything and framing the reader to Mary's point of view. 10/10

Amazing framing

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