"Originally published in Great Britain as Children of England"--Title page verso

Edward, Mary and Elizabeth: -- Prologue: 28 January 1547 -- King's uncles -- Amorous intrigues -- Royal scandal -- 'The most unstable man in England' -- Keeping the faith -- Pining away -- Jane and Mary: 'Jane the queen' -- God's miracle -- Mary and Elizabeth: 'A merciful princess' -- 'The marriages of princes' -- Heretics and traitors -- 'Much suspected of me' -- Spanish marriage -- True religion restored -- 'A miracle will come to pass' -- Bloody Mary -- 'Little children like angels' -- Epilogue: Elizabeth -- Afterwards -- Bibliography -- Genealogical table: The heirs of Henry VIII -- Index

With his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife, Katherine Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife, Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account, Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to one another and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy-king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of "Bloody Mary," and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I