Mary Bloody Mary Analysis

Mary, Bloody Mary is a fictionalized telling of the childhood and history of Mary Tudor. The book is told from her point of view and it gives the reader an insight into what Mary’s life was like. Mary Tudor is best known for being “Bloody Mary” but, since the book is written from Mary’s perspective, the reader sees her as more of a hero than she is normally portrayed. Mary, Bloody Mary is a very historically accurate book, with very little straying from the true history. The book opens with a prologue, which seems to be a summary of Mary’s hatred towards Anne Boleyn. Mary states, “Anne was a witch; I never doubted it. She deserved to die; neither have I doubted that.” (Meyer 1) Mary repeats the phrase “because of Anne” several times, blaming Anne for everything that caused her sorrow, pain, and grief. The story begins in 1526. Mary learns that her father, King Henry, has betrothed her to the King of France, and at this point, she is only ten years old. She then turns 11 in the spring of 1527 and is formally promised to the “extremely ugly and repulsive” King of France (Meyer 6). Francis states that Mary is …show more content…
Fitzroy died at the age of 16, although he had always been too weak and sickly to be a great king, anyway. Jane Seymour died in childbirth, but her son Edward lived. Then, Henry married Anne of Cleaves but divorced her quickly because of how ugly she was. Next, Henry married 19 year old Catherine Howard, but beheaded her because he thought she was adulterous. Finally, Henry married Catherine Parr and lived with her until he died. Mary was crowned Queen of England in 1553. She was passionate about the Catholic faith and intended to change England from a protestant state back to a Catholic one. She burned hundreds of people at the stake on heresy charges. Mary died on November 17, 1558. Because of her short-lived but brutal reign of terror, she has been immortalized as “Bloody