Book Theme: Mary 1

The only living legacy of Henry VIII's first marriage, Mary was the princess who became a bastard and then restored as a princess. Eventually Mary would even ascend the throne but her reign has gone down in history as one of the worst in English history - horrible decisions, bad weather and an ill-suited marriage would be the destruction of Mary's name and the Queen herself is remembered by the name Bloody Mary.

Mary Tudor: The First Queen by Linda Porter

Mary Tudor: England's first Queen by Anna Whitelock

Bloody Mary: the Life of Mary Tudor by Carolly Erickson

Mary Tudor: the Spanish Tudor by H. F. M. Prescott

Her mother's daughter: a novel of Queen Mary Tudor by Julianne Lee

Mary Tudor: a Life by David Loades

Mary Tudor: Courageous Queen or Bloody Mary? by Jane Buchanan

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer

Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor by Eamon Duffy

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen by Anna Whitelock