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So much is often written about Henry VIII and his wives that his older sister Margaret Tudor tends to be pushed into his shadow.

Not so in this novel. Meet Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII and sister to Crown Prince Arthur and his younger brother Henry and their younger sister Mary.

Margaret is sent to Scotland as a mere girl in a political marriage to King James IV. She grows accustomed to Scotland's language and clan factions, and tries to be wife and mother as well as Queen Consort.

It is not easy. James feels so responsible for much in his life that he undergoes frequent penitential sufferings. But he loves Margaret and they try to work together to make lasting peace between France, England and Scotland.

Things of course do not go so well. The reader lives through the days of history, as James is defeated in battle and Margaret becomes Queen Regent, only to find her Regency threatened and lost, her position fragile.

Through it all, Margaret tries her best to remain Queen while also wanting so much to simply be woman. She is not a perfect heroine--she is stubborn and proud, sometimes when she might better be served by humility. She does not listen or look carefully at those around her, even while loving them dearly--she never sees the long illness of her "best" friend, nor knows that this friend has a child.

This novel provides a fascinating view of Margaret Tudor, a woman and Queen rarely depicted in the Tudor stories.


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The Forgotten Queen DL Bogdan Books Reviews

More enjoyable Tudor history, this time the story of Margaret, the sister of Henry VIII and subsequent bride of James V of Scotland. A very headstrong women (certainly an inheritance from her father Henry VII) she seemed unable to relate in a personal manner with those who loved her ... and of course those who did not. At the end of the novel following the bibliography are some excellent questions for discussion. I took my time with them, and ultimately concluded that her father gave her some good advice, but it was backward. He said Remember that you are first a Princess of England and then Queen of Scotland. I believe he should have said that upon your marriage, you are first Queen of Scotland and then a Princess of England. That reversal of wordage might have saved Margaret from a number of foolish and irreversible errors in her judgment. This book is an excellent and little recognized historical sidelight on a turbulent period in British history.
...of the "Tudor" Queen of Scots, that in my studies I've rarely encountered much information aside from, of course, incidents involving the much more infamous sibling - King Henry VIII. I thoroughly enjoyed this historic novel because of the subject. The book, for me, was slightly derailed when trying too late to incorporate her last surviving child Margaret. As well as trying to sort out which "Thomas The Younger" actually was! (My British-born, Oxford-graduate, Ph.d husband who happens to be a virtual encyclopedia on the history of his motherland was at a loss, and we both had to drag out 2 massive histories of Great Britain to finally decide upon WHICH Thomas Howard! That was a 1st for me with the "Historic Novel" genre! It made the last quarter, sadly, lacked the intrigue of the prior chapters. SO, I give rated it at 4 Stars due to that last few chapters .... otherwise, "Well Done!"
This review was first posted at The History Lady blog.
I was keen to read a novel about Margaret Tudor, the feisty grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots. Unfortunately, I liked Margaret Tudor less at the end of the book than I did at the beginning.

I've read a fair bit of history on Margaret and Mary, the sisters of Henry VIII - enough to know that D. L. Bogdan's The Forgotten Queen is a fairly historically accurate, if fictionalized, account of the life and times of Margaret Tudor, Queen Consort of Scotland's James IV. It is a well-written chronological telling of Margaret's life, from her childhood at Sheen to her three marriages in Scotland finally her last role as mother of James V.

Early in the novel, Bogdan does a good job of setting the stage for the later enmity Henry VIII had for his sister. Keep in mind Henry VIII left Margaret and her heirs out of his will and out of the English succession. Scotland and England were constantly on the brink of war--there were many Border skirmishes and several outright heartbreaking bloody battles, such as Flodden where James IV died. Against this reality, Margaret struggled with where her loyalty lay - to England as a Tudor Princess, or to Scotland as a Stewart Queen and mother of the heir. Bogdan captures this tension well. Bogdan also does a great job evoking Scotland and its palaces - places I visited last year like Linlithgow, Holyrood, and Falkland.

But I'll just say it. As the main character in a novel, this Margaret Tudor left me cold. I wanted to warm to her, but she was vain, greedy, petty and a bit of a narcissist. Now perhaps she really was all those things, but it did not make me like her, or really want to read about her. She was utterly lacking in humility. (She might have been a bit like her brother Henry). Ultimately, her negative character traits were not offset by enough positive traits. It may have been an accurate portrayal of Margaret, but it could have used some empathy. Perhaps that was hard given some of Margaret's decisions.

This was my first D. L. Bogdan novel. Despite my feelings for this Margaret Tudor, I would definitely read another.

So if you like all things Tudor, it is worth a read. And if you didn't have much passion for Margaret Tudor before, you may not upon finishing the book. I'd be interested to hear what you think. Below I've linked to another review of The Forgotten Queen.
So much is often written about Henry VIII and his wives that his older sister Margaret Tudor tends to be pushed into his shadow.

Not so in this novel. Meet Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII and sister to Crown Prince Arthur and his younger brother Henry and their younger sister Mary.

Margaret is sent to Scotland as a mere girl in a political marriage to King James IV. She grows accustomed to Scotland's language and clan factions, and tries to be wife and mother as well as Queen Consort.

It is not easy. James feels so responsible for much in his life that he undergoes frequent penitential sufferings. But he loves Margaret and they try to work together to make lasting peace between France, England and Scotland.

Things of course do not go so well. The reader lives through the days of history, as James is defeated in battle and Margaret becomes Queen Regent, only to find her Regency threatened and lost, her position fragile.

Through it all, Margaret tries her best to remain Queen while also wanting so much to simply be woman. She is not a perfect heroine--she is stubborn and proud, sometimes when she might better be served by humility. She does not listen or look carefully at those around her, even while loving them dearly--she never sees the long illness of her "best" friend, nor knows that this friend has a child.

This novel provides a fascinating view of Margaret Tudor, a woman and Queen rarely depicted in the Tudor stories.