{"id":17412,"date":"2017-12-04T18:59:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T07:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/?p=17412"},"modified":"2017-12-04T18:59:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T07:59:38","slug":"on-the-fourth-day-of-christmas-book-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/2017\/12\/04\/on-the-fourth-day-of-christmas-book-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Fourth Day of Christmas &#8211; Book 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the\u00a0fourth day of Christmas On the Tudor Trail gave to me the chance to win a copy of\u00a0<em>Queen of Martyrs: The Story of Mary I\u00a0<\/em>by<em>\u00a0<\/em>Samantha Wilcoxson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Queenofmartyrs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17413\" src=\"http:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Queenofmartyrs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Queenofmartyrs.jpg 313w, https:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Queenofmartyrs-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>To be in the running to win this book, leave a comment after this post.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Conditions of Entry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For your chance to win a copy of <em>Queen of Martyrs: The story of Mary I<\/em>, you\u00a0<strong>must be subscribed<\/strong><strong>\u00a0to On the Tudor Trail\u2019s newsletter\u00a0<\/strong>(if you are not already, sign up on our homepage where it says \u2018Free Enewsletter Subscription\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>Then\u00a0simply leave a comment after this post between now and\u00a0<strong>31\u00a0December 2017<\/strong>. Don\u2019t forget to leave your name and a contact email. Please note that I have comment moderation activated and need to \u2018approve\u2019 comments before they appear. There is no need to submit your comment twice.<\/p>\n<p>This giveaway is open\u00a0<strong>internationally.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One winner will be randomly selected and contacted by email shortly after the competition closes. Please ensure you\u2019ve added natalie@onthetudortrail.com to your address book to avoid missing my email.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<h1>Find Out More<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Book Blurb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;God save the Queen! God save our good Queen Mary!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When these words rang out over England, Mary Tudor thought her troubles were over. She could put her painful past &#8211; the loss of her mother and mistreatment at the hands of her father &#8211; behind her.<\/p>\n<p>With her accession to the throne, Mary set out to restore Catholicism in England and find the love of a husband that she had long desired. But the tragedies in Mary&#8217;s life were far from over. How did a gentle, pious woman become known as &#8216;Bloody Mary&#8217;?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Princess Mary and Lady Jane Grey Celebrate Christmas Together<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Samantha Wilcoxson for On the Tudor Trail<\/h2>\n<p>Before the battle for the crown that would make these cousins reluctant rivals, Princess Mary and Lady Jane Grey celebrated at least one Christmas together. Although each was deeply devout to their own religion, Mary to Catholicism and Jane to Protestantism, they enjoyed each other\u2019s company. Jane\u2019s mother, Frances, was Mary\u2019s cousin and good friend and had invited Mary to spend time with them at Tilty, the Suffolk\u2019s estate in Essex.<\/p>\n<p>The king, Mary\u2019s brother, Edward VI, spent lavishly on the court festivities that included feasting, masques, and an elaborate display by the Lord of Misrule. However, neither of Edward\u2019s sisters chose to join him, Elizabeth remaining at Hatfield and Mary at Tilty. They may not have enjoyed the extravagant entertainments of the royal court, but the Duke and Duchess of Suffolk were renowned for their hospitality, so Mary and Jane, too would have been audience to musicians and actors in seasonal plays.<\/p>\n<p>Mary enjoyed giving generous gifts, and she took the opportunity on Twelfth Night to give young Jane a necklace of pearls and rubies that may have been a bit ostentatious for the solemn girl. Neither of them could possibly imagine at that time that within two years they would be pitted against each other for the throne they would have felt certain Edward would occupy for many more years to come.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the author on social media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/samanthawilcoxson.blogspot.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carpe_librum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/booksbysamantha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17415\" src=\"http:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/booksbysamantha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/booksbysamantha.jpg 940w, https:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/booksbysamantha-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onthetudortrail.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/booksbysamantha-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the\u00a0fourth day of Christmas On the Tudor Trail gave to me the chance to win a copy of\u00a0Queen of Martyrs: The Story of Mary I\u00a0by\u00a0Samantha Wilcoxson. 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