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The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England''s rulers - now in paperback The elder daughter of Henry VIII, Mary I (1553-58) became England''s ruler on the unexpected death of her brother Edward VI. Her short reign is one of the great potential turning points in the country''s history. As a convinced Catholic and the wife of Philip II, king of Spain and the most powerful of all European monarchs, Mary could have completely changed her country''s orbit, making it a province of the Habsburg Empire and obedient again to Rome. These extraordinary possibilities are fully dramatized in John Edward''s superb short biography. The real Mary I has almost disappeared under the great mass of Protestant propaganda that buried her reputation during her younger sister, Elizabeth I''s reign. But what if she had succeeded?

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780141988689
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 128
  • Udgivet:
  • 28. juni 2018
  • Størrelse:
  • 111x179x8 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 82 g.
  • BLACK WEEK
Leveringstid: Ukendt - mangler pt.

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The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England''s rulers - now in paperback

The elder daughter of Henry VIII, Mary I (1553-58) became England''s ruler on the unexpected death of her brother Edward VI. Her short reign is one of the great potential turning points in the country''s history. As a convinced Catholic and the wife of Philip II, king of Spain and the most powerful of all European monarchs, Mary could have completely changed her country''s orbit, making it a province of the Habsburg Empire and obedient again to Rome. These extraordinary possibilities are fully dramatized in John Edward''s superb short biography. The real Mary I has almost disappeared under the great mass of Protestant propaganda that buried her reputation during her younger sister, Elizabeth I''s reign. But what if she had succeeded?

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