S1E6: Burning Convictions | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Duration: 58'47''

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Simon Schama tells the story of the Reformation, from Henry VIII's love for Anne Boleyn to Bloody Mary's unsuccessful attempt to return England to Catholicism.

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