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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Margaret Tudor: The Other Queen of Scots
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Margaret Tudor loved dancing, music, fashion, and power, and she refused to let two terrible husbands (and one meh husband) stand in the way of getting what she wanted.
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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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There’s something about Mary, Queen of Scots
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Curious about the historical woman who keeps being the inspiration for movies, books, and TV shoes? Here’s the scoop on the ongoing appeal of this doomed Queen’s story.
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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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Queen Elizabeth I: Part One: Redheaded Stepchild
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How circumstance, luck, and fate wound up giving England one of the country’s greatest monarchs in the form of an unusually resilient young redheaded woman.
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Queen Mary I: Part Two: The Reign of Bloody Mary
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Queen Mary I broke new ground as the first officially recognized female monarch of England. But her short reign is best remembered for bloodshed, tragedy, and her personal problems.
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Queen Mary I: Part One: Her Mother’s Daughter
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Before she was Bloody Mary, she was Queen Mary. And before that, she was Lady Mary. Before that she was Princess Mary, a young girl who had yet to learn just how terrible her father was.
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Kathryn Parr: Professional Widow
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Kathryn Parr lived through the lives and deaths of Henry VIII’s previous five wives, which is likely how she learned to survive him.
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