The post July 8, 1553 – Mary Tudor Proclaims Herself Queen appeared first on Janet Wertman. This month truly assembled Mary Tudor’s finest hours. Let’s set the stage for a bit of context.

Amanda Schiavo pulls back the curtain, shedding light on the first queen regnant of England, Mary Tudor, in this debut historical fiction novel.

Lucy investigates Queen Mary I - was she really as bloody as history suggests? Lucy investigates whether England’s first ruling female monarch was as bloody as history suggests.

It did not stop until death came one day in 1558 to the woman in whose name the executions were carried out: Mary Tudor, Queen of England. Few historians have ever tried to defend “Bloody Mary.” ...

Antonis Mor's 1554 portrait of Mary Tudor, the queen of England, portrayed her when she was also the second wife of Philip II, later the king of Spain.

Set in the 16th century in the aftermath of Henry VIII’s death, “Fool” follows England’s first queen Mary I (Gillan) as she takes the throne in a divided country on the brink of chaos.

Karen Gillan, Jim Broadbent, Patsy Ferran and Brenda Blethyn will star in period comedy 'Fools,' being launched in Berlin by Altitude ...