Queens: The Virgin and the Martyr
This opulent costume drama recounts one of history's great political rivalries. Two 16th Century Queens, Mary Stuart of Scotland and Elizabeth I of England, wage an intensely personal struggle for political and religious supremacy. The battleground is strewn with victims of murder, betrayal, and kidnapping. Lovers fall, Empires teeter, as Kings and Popes vie for the future of England and Europe.
This opulent costume drama recounts one of history's great political rivalries. Two 16th Century Queens, Mary Stuart of Scotland and Elizabeth I of England, wage an intensely personal struggle for political and religious supremacy. The battleground is strewn with victims of murder, betrayal, and kidnapping. Lovers fall, Empires teeter, as Kings and Popes vie for the future of England and Europe.
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