But Pole was sane enough when he burnt better Christians than himself.

The true story of Mary's reign deserved to be told as Froude could tell it.
The tale has two sides, and is a warning which has been taken to heart.

Mary's subjects could not rebel.

Her Spanish husband had behind him the military strength of a great Power.

But never again, except during the brief and disastrous period which led to the expulsion of the second James, has England endured a Catholic sovereign.