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17. Title page of the Great Bible of 1539, the first authorized edition in the English language.

18 Katherine Howard, wedded and beheaded in quick succession.

19 Katherine Parr, the last and most fortunate of Henry’s queens.

20. An allegory of the Tudor family, an example of royal propaganda.

21. Edward VI, pale and sickly.

22. Lady Jane Grey, the queen of nine days before the accession of Mary.

23. Mary I, stubborn and imperious.

24. Philip of Spain, Mary’s unwilling husband who deserted her at the first opportunity.

25. An allegory of Stephen Gardiner, the papist Bishop of Winchester. This was painted during Edward’s reign when papists were considered to be the spawn of the devil.

26. Cranmer burning in Oxford – one of Mary’s many victims.

27. Elizabeth I as a young princess. Her early life was fraught with danger.

28. Elizabeth’s glorious signature in which she reveals her forceful and magisterial character.

29. Elizabeth in coronation robes, the image of splendour.

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