Elizabeth I: From princess, to outcast, to the world's most powerful queen
It is recorded that never once during her life did Elizabeth Tudor speak of her mother Anne Boleyn; but did she never think of her?
As a little girl, Elizabeth Tudor knows she is a princess but one day is suddenly told she is now 'the Lady Elizabeth'. She witnesses from the sidelines the glittering splendour of her father's court, and the terrifying consequences of his wrath.
With few she can trust, Elizabeth comes to womanhood during the reigns of her brother and sister, shrouded by a web of deceit. She lives in constant danger, yet rises above her detractors to defy her mother's legacy, and go down in history as one of England's most ruthless and powerful monarchs.
Her life became a testament to the ambitions demonstrated of her parents. Just how much of an influence did Henry VIII's most notorious wife have on her child? And was Elizabeth's accession Anne...