It was the year 1553 and trouble was brewing in Tudor England. After the death of Henry VIII six years before, his only son Edward had succeeded him to the throne. But young Edward, not yet seventeen years of age, was soon to die also. His sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, were both ambitious women and were both fanatically devoted to opposing religions. They were prepared to do whatever it took to seize power for themselves.
Much later, and unrelated to all of this, I was born.
The End