简介：OfallthedangersElizabethIhadtosurvive-theSpanishArmada,aCatholiccontinentplottingagainstherincessantly,restlessnoblesuneasyatservingaqueenwhorefusedtomarry-nonewassopersonallyintenseasherrivalrywithanotherwoman-hercousinandfellowqueen,Mary,QueenofScots.Thiswasherlongest,mostgruellingbattle-lastingovertwodecades,itthreatenedtotearapartbothElizabethandherkingdom.Intheend,itwouldforcehertomakethehardestdecisionofherlife. Thetwoqueensstaredacrosstheultimatedividesoftheirtime:ProtestantandCatholic,TudorandStuart,EnglishandScottish.Theirfascinationwithoneanothergrewintothegreatestqueenlyface-offinourentirehistory.Andyet,in26yearsofmutualobsession,theyneveractuallymet.Theirconfrontationwascarriedoutthroughletters-awarofwordssoheartfeltandrevealingthatthetwoqueens'passionscanstillbefelt. Forthefirsttimeontelevision,thischronicleofloveturnedtohatred,oftrustbetrayedbyplotandbloodshed,isdramatisedpurelyfromtheoriginalwordsofthetwoqueensandtheircourtiers.Experthistoriansexamine,interpretandargueoverthemonarchs'motivesfortheir'dueltothedeath'-forintheendonlyonequeencouldsurvivesuchemotionalcombat.…