Mary Tudor: Little Sister, Reluctant Queen, Love Warrior
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Mary Tudor was very briefly Queen of France and then she tricked her brother Henry VIII to let her marry for love, and her life was pretty much non-stop amazing.
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Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury: From Traitor’s Daughter to Traitor’s Mother to Beheaded Martyr
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Margaret Pole’s fortunes were a roller coaster of being in and out of royal favour, and unfortunately the final die roll ended with her executed for treason she didn’t actually do.
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Marie de Guise: The Indominable French Queen of Scots
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Marie de Guise was the mother of Mary Queen of Scots. She was also Tall, Glamorous, had her own bespoke armour, and lived an AMAZING LIFE.
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Mary Queen of Scots vs Queen Elizabeth I: Royal Rivals
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A deep dive into the complex, strained, and BONKERS collision course between Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I.
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Bess of Hardwick: Her Ambitious Rise From Obscurity To Dominance
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How a farmer’s daughter from Derbyshire become a power player in the cutthroat Tudor court and the wealthiest woman in England.
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Lady Margaret Douglas: The Tudor Cousin Who Refused To Be Cast Aside
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Lady Margaret Douglas was a ruthless survivor whose ambition and cleverness changed the course of English monarchy forever.
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Anne Askew: Renegade, Writer, Preacher, Feminist, Martyr
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Anne Askew was one of the earliest-known female poets to compose in the English language, the first Englishwoman to demand a divorce, and wound up the only recorded woman to be tortured in the Tower of London, then burned at the stake.
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Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle: Courtier, Muse, Revolutionary, Spy
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Lucy Hay was the great-great-grandniece of Anne Boleyn, the inspiration for Milady de Winter from The Three Musketeers, and a completely badass lady spy.
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Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex and Leicester: The Boleyn Descendant
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Lettice Knollys was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I whose secret marriage caused a rift between the two women that lasted until both of their deaths.
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Queen Elizabeth I: Part Two: Gloriana
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Queen Elizabeth I found a way to command respect as monarch in a time of widespread misogyny by skilfully portraying herself as more goddess than woman.
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