![]() If the child were real it would be a weapon that could topple her from her throne. The existence of 'the Virgin Queen's daughter'- even in rumor- could mean disaster. Fascinated by the possibility, she delved deeper, discovering that a midwife actually claimed to have delivered a baby to 'a very fair lady' she vowed was Elizabeth.Įlla began to imagine- what if the midwife, now nurse to a fiercely intellectual red-haired girl- claimed the child was Elizabeth's daughter? The queen was constantly beleaguered by those who labeled her 'Anne Boleyn's bastard' with no right to the throne. ![]() While reading biographies of Elizabeth Tudor, she kept stumbling across references to rumors that the 'Virgin Queen' secretly bore a child. ![]() ![]() Ella began unearthing the obscure historical details that make larger than life figures painfully human. When traveling to England she fell under the spell of the Tower of London-the infamous Traitor’s Gate, the chapel where beheaded queens lay buried, the story of the two princes allegedly murdered by Richard III. Her daughter Kate claims even the family dogs were discovered while researching King Charles II- Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. At twenty-five, she combined her passion for researching history and spinning stories. ![]() When Ella March Chase was in third grade, she informed her teacher she didn't need to learn multiplication tables because she was going to be a famous writer when she grew up. ![]()
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