The Stuart princess who could have deposed Charles I
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The Queen of Hearts
Elizabeth Stuart is one of the seventeenth century's most undurated figures. She was thought to be only interested in plays and theatre, but she wrote about military battles, diplomatic treatises and politics. The winter queen has a very romantic ring to it,. But what people don't realize, for instance, it is a mock name given to her by her enemies. And that doesn't have done her any favors.
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