Sister to the King - The tumultuous lives of Henry VIII's sisters- Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France

Maria Perry

Carlton Publishing Group

1998

327 páginas

10h 54m

ISBN-13: 9780233050904

Much as been written about Henry VIII and his six wives, but his sisters, Margaret and Mary, have had less of the limelight – until Maria Perry examined their amazing lives and their influence on European history in this enthralling book.
In the Tudor age both Margaret and Mary were thought to be the more important personalities than Henry’s six wives. Margaret became Queen of Scotland at the age of thirteen. Mary, Henry’s famously beautiful younger sister, was married off to the ageing King of France. Against convention both chose their second husbands for love. Mary risked her head by proposing to the handsome Duke of Suffolk; Margaret’s husband James IV was killed by Henry’s armies, her children were snatched from her and her two subsequent husband betrayed her, yet she defied convention twice by seeking divorce.
Wonderfully illuminating and truly groundbreaking, Sisters to the King not only reveals two remarkable historical figures, but radically alters our view of Henry VIII and Tudor history.