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Created by a series of stories and legends, it’s “Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen” on LUCY WORSLEY’S ROYAL MYTHS & SECRETS – Aug. 18 at 6 pm
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LUCY WORSLEY’S ROYAL MYTHS & SECRETS
Sunday, August 18 at 6:00 pm
Rediscover the true stories behind history’s most remarkable queens and their roles in historical events.
In the miniseries, Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, travels across Britain and Europe visiting the incredible locations—beautiful palaces, castles and dramatic battlefields—where royal history was made. Throughout, Worsley investigates how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology. Notable women and their roles in historical events are featured.
These women helped forge the Europe we know today, but Worsley explains how their stories are riddled with inaccuracies. Was Elizabeth I’s defeat of the Spanish Armada really a David and Goliath triumph, or is that one of England’s greatest myths?
Worsley reveals how history is thought of as a definitive truth about the past, but is often misrepresented through rumor, speculation and sometimes outright lies. “History is a chorus of voices, each of them shouting out its own version of the story,” Worsley observes in the series. “Very often, it’s the loudest voices that get heard most clearly.”
Episode 1: “Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen”
Sunday, August 18 at 6:00 pm.
Lucy Worsley reveals how the image of Elizabeth I as a Warrior Queen was created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the infamous Spanish Armada. She explores how Elizabeth I’s iconic image has shaped British national identity for centuries.