Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Map xiii
Family trees xiv
The Past xiv
The Family xvi
Introduction 1
Part 1 The Coming of the Tudors: A Mother's Love
1 An Ordinary Man 7
2 A Child Bride 15
3 A Prisoner, Honourably Brought up 24
4 The Wheel of Fortune 33
5 Enter Richard III 41
6 The Princes in the Tower 50
7 The Exile 59
8 Bosworth 63
9 The Rose and the Passion 74
10 Securing the Succession 83
11 The Lost Prince 93
12 Punishment 103
13 Death and Judgement 113
14 Exit Margaret Beaufort 124
Part 2 Inheritance: The Legacy of Arthur
15 The Elder Sister: Margaret, Queen of Scots 133
16 The Younger Sister: Mary, the French Queen 141
17 A Family Reunion and a Royal Rival 149
18 Enter Anne Boleyn 159
19 A Marriage on Trial 168
20 The Return of Margaret Douglas 177
21 The Terror Begins 187
22 The Fall of Anne Boleyn 198
23 Love and Death 206
24 Three Wives 216
25 The Last Years of Henry VIII 227
26 Elizabeth in Danger 238
27 Mary in Danger 249
28 The Last Tudor King 258
Part 3 Setting Sun: The Tudor Queens
29 Nine Days 269
30 Revolt 279
31 Marriage and Sons 288
32 A Flickering Light 296
33 A Married Man 304
34 Dangerous Cousins 313
35 Royal Prisoners 325
36 Murder in the Family 335
37 Exit Margaret Douglas 346
38 The Virgin Queen 354
39 The Daughter of Debate 363
40 The Armada 374
41 Setting Sun 379
42 The Hollow Crown 388
Epilogue 398
Appendices
1 What happened to the body of James IV? 410
2 The Mysterious Quarrel between Henry VIII and Margaret Douglas 412
3 Guildford and Jane Dudley 415
4 The Myth of Frances Brandon the Child Abuser 417
5 The Obscure Margaret Clifford, Heir to the Throne 1578-96 419
Author's Note and Acknowledgements 422
Notes 427
Index 517