Weir adds nothing fresh to the story, but her sweeping narrative, based on contemporary chronicles, plays out vividly against the colorful backdrop of Tudor England. Alison Weir does full justice to the subject. So many ennobled miscreants grasped for land, loot and legitimacy that readers will need a scorecard to match their names with their new titles. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to. In the 11 years between the death of Henry VIII and the survival of his adroit daughter Elizabeth into the succession in 1558, rapacity had at least as much to do with the turbulence and the terror as religion. The 300 burnings for heresy during the five years Mary ruled were eclipsed statistically by the hangings and beheadings for conspiracy and treachery. Guiltless of the intrigues committed in the name of religion, power and property, Queen Jane was forced at 15 to reign for nine days in a futile attempt to block the accession of the fanatically Catholic Princess Mary. Alison Weir is the author of Britains Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, The Princes in the Tower, The Wars of the Roses, The Children of Henry VIII. Along with the royal siblings, Weir (The Six Wives of Henry VIII) includes their cousin, the doomed Lady Jane Grey. Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown by Alison Weir 16 You could collect 16 points RRP 32. It also offerings a fascinating psychological insight of the children, particularly concerning Mary and Elizabeth. The book details their lives and each of their reigns. The tragedy of four accidental rivals to a throne, three of them children-by different mothers-of a much-married despot, seems to lose none of its drama by frequent retelling. This is a comprehensive biography of the lives of Henry VIII’s three surviving children, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth.
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