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Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents
Mary Queen of Scots is Executed
Mary Queen of Scots is taken to the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle where she is to be executed on the scaffold. Mary has one last trick up her sleeve: When she takes off her cloak she reveals a scarlet dress, the Catholic color of martyrdom. This is her one last chance to tell the story for herself.
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Cecil exposes the most infamous terrorist threat in British history, the Gunpowder Plot.
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Robert Cecil battles for his spy network and the power to choose the next King of England.
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William Cecil, Elizabeth I’s spy master, discovers a conspiracy to assassinate the Queen.