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A history of Britain, by Simon Schama, Volume 1, Episode 7

Label
A history of Britain, by Simon Schama, Volume 1, Episode 7
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
A history of Britain
Oclc number
911956240
Responsibility statement
by Simon Schama
Runtime
60
Summary
Queen Elizabeth I was one of the country's most intelligent monarchs, ruling a Protestant rogue state in a Catholic world. But it was her long, tangled relationship with her cousin Mary Queen of Scots that would test her the most. Elizabeth never married. Mary married twice but it ruined her. A magnet for conspiracy and intrigue, Mary tormented Elizabeth until finally executed for treason. But it was Mary not Elizabeth who gave birth to an heir. Simon Schama asks if it was the politician Elizabeth, or the mother Mary, who won in the end
Target audience
adult
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