Yes, about 300 in a five-year time span. Killing people was part of being the ruler back then, of course, and her sister killed her fair share, too. It's not that I'm against portraying Mary sympathetically or criticising Elizabeth, it's just that Gregory takes it way too far IMO. Elizabeth is basically shown as doing everything in her power to make her half-sister miserable, when in reality she didn't have the power to do much of anything (except trying to survive) during that period. Wikipedia sums it up pretty well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Fool#Criticism
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Date: 2014-03-16 03:19 pm (UTC)