Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England’s Most Notorious Royal Family

486 Pages·2013·5.07 MB·English

by  Leanda de Lisle

TUDOR
ALSO BY LEANDA DE LISLE
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Jane Grey
TUDOR
Passion. Manipulation. Murder.
The Story of England’s
Most Notorious Royal Family
LEANDA
DE LISLE
PUBLICAFFAIRS
New York
First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Chatto & Windus.
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ISBN 978-1-61039-364-5 (EB)
First Edition
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In memory of Eric Ives
Contents
List of Illustrations
Map
Family trees
The Past
The Family
Introduction
Part One
THE COMING OF THE TUDORS:
A MOTHER’S LOVE
1. An Ordinary Man
2. A Child Bride
3. A Prisoner, Honourably Brought up
4. The Wheel of Fortune
5. Enter Richard III
6. The Princes in the Tower
7. The Exile
8. Bosworth
9. The Rose and the Passion
10. Securing the Succession
11. The Lost Prince
12. Punishment
13. Death and Judgement
14. Exit Margaret Beaufort
Part Two
INHERITANCE:
THE LEGACY OF ARTHUR
15. The Elder Sister: Margaret, Queen of Scots
16. The Younger Sister: Mary, The French Queen
17. A Family Reunion and a Royal Rival
18. Enter Anne Boleyn
19. A Marriage on Trial
20. The Return of Margaret Douglas
21. The Terror Begins
22. The Fall of Anne Boleyn
23. Love and Death
24. Three Wives
25. The Last Years of Henry VIII
26. Elizabeth in Danger
27. Mary in Danger
28. The Last Tudor King
Part Three
SETTING SUN:
THE TUDOR QUEENS
29. Nine Days
30. Revolt
31. Marriage and Sons
32. A Flickering Light
33. A Married Man
34. Dangerous Cousins
35. Royal Prisoners