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A Times History Book of the Year
'A scintillating, provocative analysis.' Daily Telegraph
Mary and Elizabeth: cousins, rivals, queens. They allied and fought and plotted – but could never escape their bond… A story which inspired the forthcoming film: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
The thrilling new history from bestselling historian and broadcaster, Kate Williams.
At the end of the Tudor era, two queens ruled one island. But sixteenth-century Europe was a man's world and powerful voices believed that no woman could govern. All around Mary and Elizabeth were sycophants, spies and detractors who wanted their dominion, their favour and their bodies.
Elizabeth and Mary shared the struggle to be both woman and queen. But the forces rising against the two regnants, and the conflicts of love and dynasty, drove them apart. For Mary, Elizabeth was a…
