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The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty Tony Judt and innovative theories of one'A powerful tale . . . compelling and brilliant' ALISON WEIR In March 1603, Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, lies dying at Richmond Palace. The queen's ministers cluster round her bedside, urging her to name her successor something she has stubbornly resisted throughout her reign. Almost with her last breath she whispers that James VI of Scotland should succeed her. She dies shortly afterwards and the throne of England passes peacefully from