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Wed, Apr 25, 2018
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, King James VI of Scotland claims her throne along with a new title of King James I of England. He faces numerous attempts on his life, including the notorious Gunpowder Plots, and the threat of the terrifying Thirty Years War raging on the continent.
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Wed, May 9, 2018
Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth comes to an end soon after his death in1660 an exiled King returns to London with an enormous fanfare. Kings Charles II's reign is a dramatic shift away from the rule of the Puritans that precede him but dual tragedies of the worst outbreak of plague in generations and the Great Fire Of London strike the nation's heart.
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Wed, May 16, 2018
Kings James II succeeded his brother King Charles II in 1685. He was a Catholic monarch of a Protestant nation and attempts had already been made to prevent him from claiming the throne. The last of the Stuart Kings would reign for only three years and it would be his own daughter, Mary who would be his downfall. She, along with her husband William of Orange, would overthrow the House of Stuart.