Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
For the first time on television, this chronicle of love turned to hatred, of trust betrayed by plot and bloodshed, will be dramatized purely from the original words of the two queens and their courtiers.
Synopsis
Of all the dangers Elizabeth I had to survive - the Spanish Armada, a Catholic continent plotting against her incessantly, restless nobles uneasy at serving a Queen who refused to marry - none was so personally intense as her rivalry with another woman - her cousin and fellow queen, Mary, Queen of Scots. This was her longest, her most grueling battle; lasting over two decades, it threatened to tear apart both Elizabeth and her kingdom. In the end it would force her to make the hardest decision of her life.
The two queens stared across the ultimate divides of their time: Protestant and Catholic, Tudor and Stuart, English and Scottish. Their fascination with one another grew into the greatest queenly face off in our entire history. And yet, in 26 years of mutual obsession they never actually met. Their confrontation was carried out through letters - a war of words so heart-felt and revealing that the two queens' passions can still be felt.
For the first time on television, this chronicle of love turned to hatred, of trust betrayed by plot and bloodshed, will be dramatized purely from the original words of the two queens and their courtiers. Expert historians will examine, interpret, and argue over the monarchs' motives for their 'duel to the death' - for in the end only one queen could survive such emotional combat.
BLOODY QUEENS - Elizabeth and Mary is Shakespearean tragedy, written by the queens themselves.
