The story of Mary Tudor's childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess
who is to
inherit the throne of England is separated from her mother; abused by an
evil
stepmother who has enchanted her father; stripped of her title; and
forced to
care for her baby stepsister, who inherits Mary's rights to the throne.
Believe it
or not, it's all true.
Told in the voice of the young Mary, this novel explores the history and
intrigue
of the dramatic rule of Henry VIII, his outrageous affair with and
marriage to the
bewitching Anne Boleyn, and the consequences of that relationship for
his
firstborn daughter. Carolyn Meyer has written a compassionate historical
novel about love and loss, jealousy and fear--and a girl's struggle with
forces far
beyond her control.