Nineteen-year-old Catholic monarch of Scotland who returns from France to claim her throne and assert her dynastic right to England. Her political marriages, handling of court conspiracies, and flight to England ultimately lead to her execution, though she dies hoping for her son's peaceful reign.
Married couple whose union triggers political crises and personal betrayal.
Queen and her trusted private secretary.
Catholic monarch and Protestant reformer locked in ideological warfare.
Aunt and nephew engaged in a destructive political feud.
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