Elizabeth-The Reluctant Virgin QueenIt is the 16th Century.
With Mary, Queen of Scots and her Catholic loyalists plotting to overthrow her and King Philip II waiting for an excuse to invade England with the Armada, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth was indeed vulnerable. Then there are the gender issues. She has also been mocked as a virgin and a queer! The only person she could trust was Francis Walsingham, equivalent to the current day CIA operative.
With Mary, Queen of Scots and her Catholic loyalists plotting to overthrow her and King Philip II waiting for an excuse to invade England with the Armada, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth was indeed vulnerable. Then there are the gender issues. She has also been mocked as a virgin and a queer! The only person she could trust was Francis Walsingham, equivalent to the current day CIA operative.
The grand scenes of the movies included the failed assassination scene in church, the beheading of Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, the rallying of the ground forces and the burning of the Spanish Armada.
Watchable fare especially from Cate Blanchett, Samantha Morton and Clive Owens.
Heartsong
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