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"The Crown" begins with Sister Joanna Stafford, a novice nun, running away from the convent to see the execution of her cousin Margaret Bulmer in Smithfield. Both Joanna and Margaret are pious Catholics in the time of Henry VIII. Joanna, whose mother was a Spanish lady-in-waiting to Katherine of Aragon, has chosen to become a Domincan nun, while Margaret and her husband became involved in an uprising against the king's confiscation of the monasteries and priories.
Joanna plans to return to the pr ...more
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