As the daughter of Anne Boleyn, who was executed by her father, she sought to maintain order in a kingdom that was undergoing great tension with the reformation/counter reformation.
When she died in 1603, England was wealthy, prosperous, and powerful....
The figure who surrounded her are themselves legends, and have numerous books written about their lives, too...
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,
Sir Francis Walsingham
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Francis Drake
Lord Cecil
The Earl of Essex
