countess of

Examines the lives of the three Grey sisters--Mary, Katherine, and Jane--who were named heirs to the throne of England by Henry VIII and his son, Edward, and discusses their individual struggles against the politics of the Tudor court and sexual prejudices.

The story of Lord Byron's daughter, a woman who loved mathematics and who wrote the world's first computer program in the 19th century.

Chronicles the life of Bess Hardwick, the fifth daughter of an impoverished Derbyshire nobleman who rose from her meager beginnings to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in English history.