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    <body><![CDATA[You only hear the negative side of &quot;bloody Mary&quot;  But this book explains her life and you can understand all of her.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[More fact based historical fiction.  Loved it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[#6 in series - #6 in historical order]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book is historical fiction and Plaidy definitely takes some artistic license, however it's well written and entertaining.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is about &quot;Bloody Mary&quot; Henry VIII daughter who become Queen after his only son dies at a young age. Mary fought for England to return to Catholism and there was much blood shed along the way.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book tedious and hard to keep track of characters. I found Mary very pitiful in that she lived her whole life trying to escape the plans of others to kill her or overthrow her.]]></body>
    
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