Queen Mary I

Book Categories: Mary I, Husband, Family, Reign, Fiction, Children's Books

Mary I

The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary" by Linda Porter. Biography. Daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, Mary I was a Latin scholar and an outstanding musician, but she became the most hated monarch in English history.

Bloody Mary by Carolly Erickson. This biography tells the story of Mary's unhappy life.

Mary Tudor: The Tragical History of the First Queen of England by David Loades. Includes original documents, letters, and color illustrations.

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir. A cohesive and impeccably researched book about Elizabeth, her elder sister Mary I, and her younger brother Edward VI. This is exciting history and fascinating reading. (Review © Amazon.)

Books About Mary's Husband, Philip II

Queen Mary's Family

Books About Henry VIII
Books About Edward VI
Books About Jane Grey
Books About Elizabeth I
Books About King Henry VII
Books About the Tudors and Their Era

The Reign of Mary I

The Church of Mary Tudor edited by David Loades and Eamon Duffy. Explores the church during Mary I's reign, focusing on the neglected Catholic renaissance she ushered in and offering a balanced view of Mary's religious policies.

Bloody Mary's Martyrs: The Story of England's Terror by Jasper Ridley. Explores the dark years of Mary Tudor's reign.

Fires of Faith: Catholic England Under Mary Tudor by Eamon Duffy. Argues that the regime of Queen Mary I was neither inept nor backward looking.

The Reign of Mary Tudor by J. A. Froude, introduction by Eamon Duffy. Victorian writer Froude was highly critical of Mary I, whose reign he viewed as something of a disaster. Eamon Duffy takes a different and controversial view, which he shares in the book's introduction.

Novels About Mary I

The Shadow of the Crown by Jean Plaidy. Brings to life the dark story of a queen whose road to the throne was paved with sorrow.

The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory. Novel about the rivalry between Queen Mary I and her half-sister Elizabeth I. By the author of The Other Boleyn Girl.

Her Mother's Daughter: A Novel of Queen Mary Tudor by Julianne Lee. Novel about Queen Mary I, a "misunderstood woman who withstood the treachery around her only to become one of England's most vilified queens."

The Queen's Sorrow by Susannah Dunn. Novel. Rafael, a member of King Philip II of Spain's entourage, witnesses the chaos of lonely English queen Mary I's reign.

Children's Books

Mary Tudor: Courageous Queen or Bloody Mary? by Jane Buchanan. Biography of England's Queen Mary I from the Wicked History series.

Bloody Mary by Louise Chipley Slavicek. Biography from the "History's Villains" series for children ages 9 to 12.

Queen in Waiting: A Life of "Bloody Mary" Tudor by Georgess McHargue. A biography for young adult readers.

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer is a young adult novel written from Mary's point of view.