SPOTLIGHT ON…
THE LIVES OF HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS FIGURES
During the second half of the 16th century, two women stood atop English society. Both were fabulously wealthy landowners, both revered and admired, both independently shaped their own destinies in a man's world, both were redheads, and both were named Elizabeth. Yet while one - the queen, Elizabeth I - famously went her reign without a husband, Elizabeth ‘Bess’ of Hardwick contrived advantageous marriages four times to amass her fortune, elevate her status, and feed her
