A bastard child whose mother was beheaded by her father, imprisoned in the Tower of London, and threatened by her half-sister “Bloody Mary,” young Elizabeth Tudor was unlikely to survive long enough to sit on the English Throne. But when she took the crown, she skillfully navigated the shoals of a divided Europe. Determined to avoid her father’s mistakes of plunging England into war with France, she found herself forced into wars in Spain, France, Scotland, the Netherlands, Ireland, the Atlantic Ocean, and the New World. Elizabeth’s management of generals and admirals would lead England into its golden age of exploration, science, literature and art: The Elizabethan Age.
Actor Nathalie Emmanuel joins father-daughter history team Jon &amp; Emily Jordan to tell the story of Elizabeth I. Find us on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/warqueenspodcast">@warqueenspodcast</a> Learn more about War Queens: <a href="https://bit.ly/3DKhUzL">diversionaudio.com/podcast/war-queens</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Indira Gandhi: A War to Save Millions

Game of Thrones and Fast & Furious actor Nathalie Emmanuel presents: Every week father-daughter team Jon and Emily Jordan examine the incredible stories of history’s most powerful female battle leaders, the brilliant methods and maneuvers history’s "killer queens” used to defend themselves and their people from enemy forces—and both father and daughter find out something about each other and how each generation appreciates these incredible women. From ancient Persia to modern-day Britain, experience the daunting thresholds these exceptional women had to cross and the clever, sometimes violent ways in which they smashed obstacles in their paths.

History’s killer queens come in all colors, ages, and leadership styles, and from countries and cultures around the world. Elizabeth Tudor and Golda Meir played the roles of high-stakes gamblers who studied maps with an unblinking, calculating eye. Angola’s Queen Njinga was willing to shed (and occasionally drink) blood to establish a stable kingdom in an Africa ravaged by the slave trade. Caterina Sforza defended her Italian holdings with cannon and scimitar, and Indira Gandhi launched a war to solve a refugee crisis.