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A gripping acount of Mary Tudor and her reign of terror details her ascension to the English throne in 1553, her restoration of Roman Catholicism, her marriage, and her inability to conceive a child, which led to the fires at Smithfield where hundreds of Protestants--including Hugh Latimer and Thomas Cranmer--met their fate at the stake. Reprint.
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This is the chronicle of a monarch’s religious intolerance, a nation’s fear, and the unimaginable courage of the Protestants who died for their faith—more than three hundred victims in less than three years. Award-winning historical biographer Jasper Ridley explores the dark years of Mary Tudor's reign using an absorbing narrative and meticulously researched history to relate a tragic, brutal, and often inspiring tale. Eight pages of black-and-white photographs are included. “Ridley tells the story of England’s Terror with verve.”—Sunday Times (London)
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