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TUDOR ALSO BY LEANDA DE LISLE After Elizabeth: How James King of Scots won the Crown of England in 1603 The Sisters who would be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey TUDOR Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England’s Most Notorious Royal Family LEANDA DE LISLE PUBLICAFFAIRS New York First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Chatto & Windus. Published in 2013 in the United States by PublicAffairs™, a Member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved. Copyright © 2013 by Leanda de Lisle. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address PublicAffairs, 250 West 57th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10107. PublicAffairs books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the U.S. by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, call (800) 810–4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected]. Typeset in Arno Pro by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, Falkirk, Stirlingshire Library of Congress Control Number: 201394541 ISBN 978-1-61039-364-5 (EB) First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In memory of Eric Ives Contents List of Illustrations Map Family trees The Past The Family Introduction Part One THE COMING OF THE TUDORS: A MOTHER’S LOVE 1. An Ordinary Man 2. A Child Bride 3. A Prisoner, Honourably Brought up 4. The Wheel of Fortune 5. Enter Richard III 6. The Princes in the Tower 7. The Exile 8. Bosworth 9. The Rose and the Passion 10. Securing the Succession 11. The Lost Prince 12. Punishment 13. Death and Judgement 14. Exit Margaret Beaufort Part Two INHERITANCE: THE LEGACY OF ARTHUR 15. The Elder Sister: Margaret, Queen of Scots 16. The Younger Sister: Mary, The French Queen 17. A Family Reunion and a Royal Rival 18. Enter Anne Boleyn 19. A Marriage on Trial 20. The Return of Margaret Douglas 21. The Terror Begins 22. The Fall of Anne Boleyn 23. Love and Death 24. Three Wives 25. The Last Years of Henry VIII 26. Elizabeth in Danger 27. Mary in Danger 28. The Last Tudor King Part Three SETTING SUN: THE TUDOR QUEENS 29. Nine Days 30. Revolt 31. Marriage and Sons 32. A Flickering Light 33. A Married Man 34. Dangerous Cousins 35. Royal Prisoners

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The Tudors are England’s most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisle’s gripping new history reveals, they are a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew.The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the
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