Daughter of Henry VIII

A brilliant historical novel, first published in England, is at last in paperback! It is set in the colorful, brutal, bawdy England of the seventeenth century. The central figure is Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, whom he had divorced to marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn. This is the story of a complicated, stubborn and sometimes violent woman told with vitality and sophistication. It is a book impossible to put down until read to the end.Mary Tudor - Bloody Mary, or Queen of England? In telling the little known story of one courageous woman, Rosemary Chruchill translates a moment in history into a poignant novel about flesh-and-blood people.