Nefertiti
1336 BCE - Northern Egypt
Away from Akhetaten, housed but watched, a queen who reshaped Egyptian religion faces the consequences of divine ambition.
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1336 BCE - Northern Egypt
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Away from Akhetaten, housed but watched, a queen who reshaped Egyptian religion faces the consequences of divine ambition.
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1336 BCE - Northern Egypt
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1336 BCE - Northern Egypt
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1603 - Whitehall
monarchy-and-court
A contrasting life shaped by monarchy and court.
In her final winter, a queen who gave everything to England asks whether the throne was worth what it destroyed.
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1546 - Whitehall
monarchy-and-court
A contrasting life shaped by monarchy and court.
A king whose body is failing faster than his grip on power dictates a version of events no courtier would dare to write.
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1587 - Fotheringhay Castle
monarchy-and-court
A contrasting life shaped by monarchy and court.
Confined at Fotheringhay, a queen who was never allowed to rule writes her account before her cousin's axe falls.
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1536 - Tower of London
monarchy-and-court
A contrasting life shaped by monarchy and court.
In the Tower of London, waiting for a verdict she already knows, a queen sets down what Henry will never allow to be read.
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