You Cannot Keep The Birds From Flying Over Your Head

Christmas at court, and a controversial masque leaves Protestant Edward and Catholic Mary at odds. Elizabeth finds herself in the middle as Mary, furious at Catherine’s remarriage, demands she leave them both and come live with her. Thomas’s brother the Lord Protector Somerset tries to keep the peace between the siblings as Pedro returns from Scotland with the news of French invasion as tempers fray at the newly formed court. At home Elizabeth is torn between duty to her sister, her love for Catherine and the growing attention of Thomas which both excites and scares her. As the Dudley family join the Chelsea household for a hunt, and Elizabeth is reunited with childhood friend Robert Dudley, she finds herself left with a choice about where she wants to stand in this world, and who she wants to be.

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