I Am Mary Tudor (Mary Tudor #1)

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Synopsis
This is my book; the book of Mary Tudor; Queen of England. Herein I am to set down the happenings of my life; and, for my soul's sake, to set them down with truth. God willing, I will write the things I did and that others did to me; the things I said and that others said to me. Above all the thoughts of my heart I must search out, for none knows them but me. I need to examine not only the things that happened to me, but myself that let them happen. So, for the first time I speak of what till now I have not dared admit even to my own heart. I tell, among other things, the truth about my father King Henry the Eighth, and how I both hated and loved him; but loved more than I hated, so that I mourned his death many a long day. My memories would seem to stand out clear, especially the memories of early childhood. But a child may be mistaken; and a royal child, especially, believe he has of himself remembered things he has heard or read; for the doings of such children are, from their first hours bruited abroad, are set down in letters and documents. And what has been told is not always true but something only half-remembered; and sometimes the truth is, of intention, falsified. But in this I have been fortunate. For those whose honesty cannot be questioned--such as my mother, my lady-governor the countess of Salisbury and that dear nurse of my infancy lady Bryan, sweet Margaret; these that were in the heart of affairs, spoke while events were fresh in their memory. As for myself, I am a woman to speak plain though it be to my own hurt. Here then is the truth about the woman Mary Tudor, Queen of England.
Copyright:
1971

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
422 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780099082705
Publisher:
Arrow Books Ltd
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Hilda Lewis
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:
Julia Kulak
Proofread By:
BookMouse
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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