Elizabeth, the Queen

Elizabeth the Queen begins as the young Elizabeth I ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary''s disastrous reign - both a woman and a queen, Elizabeth''s story is an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age.

From Elizabeth''s intriguing, long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to her dealings - sometimes comical, sometimes poignant - with her many suitors, her riva...