The rose and the thorn : the lives of Mary and Margaret Tudor

The dramatic, extravagant lives of Mary and Margaret Tudo, sisters and queens of the Renaissance, pawns in the power struggle for English supremacy, are here recreated through their unpublished letters to each other and to their brother Henry VIII. Previously unpublished letters and excerpts from contemporary accounts complement an intimate portrait of the personalities, whims, ambitions, and schemes of the Tudor sisters By Nancy Lenz Harvey. Errata Inserted. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 255-261.