The era of Elizabeth I Tudor is one of the most turbulent periods in the history of England, when there was a fierce struggle for power between noble families fighting for control of the English throne. In addition to representatives of the Tudor family, other royals, as well as English nobility, took part in it. All these events are reflected in the book by J. Perkins, who focused on the three most dramatic episodes of this struggle: the marriage of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, for which Henry went to a most dangerous conflict with the all-powerful Roman Church; the conspiracy of Elizabeth, Henry's youngest daughter and future queen, against her elder sister Mary, nicknamed Bloody; the confrontation between Elizabeth and Mary Stuart, who had all the rights to the throne. Taking real historical facts as a basis, the author presented them in his own way, so that the result was a real game of thrones in the English style.