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The many courtships of the woman who became Elizabeth I began when she was aninfant, displayed before foreign ambassadors who considered her as a possible clauseof a contract between England and France. From such an unromantic beginning,Elizabeth grew to see her father marry multiple times and experienced frequent changesin stepmothers and status in the family. Eventually, she became the most eligiblewoman in Europe. From start to finish, her marriage prospects were as much political asthey were personal. When she came to the throne in 1558, the primary question facing everyone fromforeign monarchs to English nobles and ministers was which of her many suitors wouldfinally win her hand. Through the longest Tudor reign, Elizabeth used courtship as a toolto consider foreign alliances, hold ambitious English courtiers in check, and navigateher role as a woman ruler in a world that considered her unnatural without a man at herside. Elizabeth was, in fact, always the Virgin Queen', from

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The Tudors by Numbers is a fresh look at a well-known dynasty - through its numbers. Take a new look at old friends by learning the complicated path to 1 possible king symbolized by 1 rose, viewing the extraordinary 42 percent of the dynasty under the rule of 2 women, and considering the impact of 4 English language translations of the Bible printed in England. The Tudors by Numbers takes you behind the scenes through a different path and reveals new ways of seeing the Tudors.

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