<div>The story of Mary Tudor's childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess who is to<br /> inherit the throne of England is separated from her mother; abused by an evil<br /> stepmother who has enchanted her father; stripped of her title; and forced to<br /> care for her baby stepsister, who inherits Mary's rights to the throne. Believe it<br /> or not, it's all true.<br /> Told in the voice of the young Mary, this novel explores the history and intrigue<br /> of the dramatic rule of Henry VIII, his outrageous affair with and marriage to the<br /> bewitching Anne Boleyn, and the consequences of that relationship for his<br /> firstborn daughter. Carolyn Meyer has written a compassionate historical novel about love and loss, jealousy and fear--and a girl's struggle with forces far<br /> beyond her control.<br /></div>