Full name: The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France

Author: Maria Perry Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Biographies, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780306809897 0306809893

Henry VIII's sisters, neglected by generations of historians, affected the lives of their contemporaries much more forcefully than did any of their brother's famous six wives. In The Sisters of Henry VIII, Maria Perry brings history alive by examining the lives of these extraordinary women and their influence on Europe in the Tudor Age. Margaret became queen of Scotland at age thirteen; family members arranged beautiful Mary's betrothal to the aging king of France when she was twelve. But both women chose their second husbands for love: Margaret married and divorced twice after Henry's advancing armies slaughtered her first husband and kidnapped her children; Mary risked execution by proposing to the handsome duke of Suffolk. Groundbreaking in both depth and scope, Perry's work rescues two remarkable princesses from the shadows of history and offers a fresh interpretation of a royal family and an era sure to fascinate readers of Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser. Similar books: Henry VIII by Alison Weir Anne Boleyn by Joanna Denny The Children of Henry VIII by John Guy The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn by Retha M. Warnicke The Sisters Who Would Be Queen by Leanda de Lisle The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser Six Wives by David Starkey Anne of Cleves by Elizabeth Norton A Tudor Tragedy by Lacey Baldwin Smith Elizabeth by David Starkey The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir The First Queen of England by Linda Porter Jane Boleyn by Julia Fox The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives In the Lion's Court by Derek Wilson Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian Kilmeade Victoria by Julia Baird Georgiana by Amanda Foreman Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown