The Reluctant Queen Author:Mary Costain Haycraft Beautiful, flame-haired Mary Tudor was England's beloved princess, King Henry's favorite sister-the world should have been hers to command. Yet Mary was doomed by her royal blood tro be the helpless pawn in Henry's international game of power, pledged first to the dreary young prince of Flanders, and then to the feeble, old king of France. — But... more » Mary's fiery temper rebelled, and her passionate heart betrayed her loveaffair with dashing Charles Brandon, a man far beneath her station. And this tender, spirited girl dared to brave Henry's wrath, risking death and dishonor for teh forbidden ecstasy she could find only in her lover's arms....« less