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Welcome to the History Extra podcast.

Today we're embarking on the latest of our four-part Sunday series

as historian Nicola Tallis joins Rachel Dining

to explore the life, reign and legacy of Elizabeth I.

In this first instalment, they'll be exploring how Elizabeth's early life

shaped the queen that she would become.

Hello and welcome to this four-part History Extra podcast series on the life of Elizabeth I'm Rachel Dining and today I'm joined by historian and author Dr Nicola Talis,

an expert on 16th century history and author of books including Young Elizabeth

and Crown of Blood. Today, we're stepping back into Elizabeth I's early life to understand how her

formative experiences shaped the queen she would become. Nicola, thanks for joining me today. It's great to have you on the podcast.

It's great to be here with you, Rachel. Thank you for having me. You're very welcome.

So before we delve into Elizabeth's childhood, I want to ask you, what is it that has fascinated

you in your career about Elizabeth? Give us a little potted summary. Well, I think what's

really interesting about Elizabeth is when we think of her now, we, and indeed we're going to

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