616. Elizabeth I: The Fall of the Axe (Part 1)

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Tom Holland references David Starkey's 'great book on the young Elizabeth' when describing the luxuriously appointed birthing chamber at Greenwich Palace as 'a cross between a chapel and a luxuriously padded cell.'

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Described as 'a brilliant book on Anne Boleyn and her relationship to Elizabeth,' cited when discussing Anne's 'irresistible je ne sais quoi' and later when noting that 'enigma' was Tudor slang.

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Referred to as 'another great book' when quoting Tallis's observation that 'little wonder Mary spent much of her time weeping in her chamber' after being stripped of her servants and forced to serve baby Elizabeth.