in the shadow of the crown by jean plaidy

It was, she felt, a sign from God-proof that England should return to the Catholic Church. In a stroke of fate, however, Henry's much-longed-for son died in his teens, leaving Mary the legitimate heir to the throne. Lonely and miserable, Mary turned for comfort to the religion that had sustained her mother. Worst of all, she never saw her beloved mother again Katharine was exiled too, and died soon after. He divorced her mother and, at the age of twelve, Mary was banished from her father’s presence, stripped of her royal title, and replaced by his other children-first Elizabeth, then Edward. The father who had once adored her was now intent on having a male heir at all costs.

But her father's ill-fated love for Anne Boleyn would shatter Mary's life forever.

Red-haired like her father, she was also intelligent and deeply religious like her staunchly Catholic mother. She was the daughter of Henry's first queen, Katharine of Aragon, and was heir presumptive to the throne of England. The Rose Without a Thorn: A Novel (A Queens of England Novel #11) (Paperback):Īs Henry VIII's only child, the future seemed golden for Princess Mary. The Queen's Devotion: The Story of Queen Mary II (A Queens of England Novel #10) (Paperback): The Merry Monarch's Wife: The Story of Catherine of Braganza (A Queens of England Novel #9) (Paperback): The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of York (A Queens of England Novel #8) (Paperback): The Queen's Secret: A Novel (A Queens of England Novel #7) (Paperback): The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (A Queens of England Novel #5) (Paperback):

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In the shadow of the crown by jean plaidy