She's one of my favorite historical characters! Thanks for the post.
I don't have cable or HBO, but I want to see this show with my main man Jeremy Irons.
http://www.hbo.com/films/elizabeth/index.html
Mine too! I've always adored Gloriana. What an amazing story she lived . . . and for a royal family, you gotta admit the Tudors were some crazy-ass rednecks.
I remember my Moment of Historical Clarity in 1984, when I made the (astonishingly obvious) connection that Anne Boleyn was Elizabeth's mother, and Bloody Mary was her half-sister. I felt SO smart for having figured it out . . . and later, felt SO stupid for not reading that genealogical chart that's in EVERY SINGLE BOOK I OWN.