Tidelands: III-Five (45)

Cannonball. Bear.

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Eva decides to take a break from her royal duties.

After succumbing successively to a Spanish Armada (cannily bolstered by French mercenaries), her deposition at the hands of Mary Queen of Scots (that perfidious Norfolk!), and no less than three assassinations by ladies-in-waiting, she decides to try another tack. The Queen, it transpires, is not always the most powerful piece on the board.

She will become an actor!