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        MaryIonlyreignedforfiveyears,buther     Mary’snewillegitimatestatusalsomade      40               Masksthroughhistory
        legacycastsalongshadowoverhistory.Her   hersubservienttoherinfanthalf-sister                      FromelaborateVenetian
                                                                                                          carnivalmaskstothe
        talehasbecometangledinfolklore(chant    and,perhapsworstofall,shewascoerced                       sinister-lookingbeakofthe
       ‘BloodyMary’threetimesinthemirroranda    intorenouncingherCatholicfaith.Buther                     plaguedoctor,weexamine
                                                                                                          howmasksandtheiruses
        malevolentapparitionissaidtoappear),and  grandparents,FerdinandandIsabella–the                    haveevolvedovertime.
        then,ofcourse,there’sthesavourycocktail  so-called‘CatholicMonarchs’–hadlefttheir
        bearingthesameunsavourynickname.        mark,andwhenMarycametopower,she          48               14royalmistresses
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        Centurieshavepassed,buttheperception    wellandtrulylefthers.                                     andseductresseswhovied
                                                                                                          forpowerfromtheroyal
        of herasthemostmurderousmonarchhas                                                                bedchamber,anddiscover
        stuckaroundlikeapoltergeistinthepipes.                                                            theireye-openingstories
                                                                                                          anddastardlyfates.
        It’sabouttime,then,thatwereviewwhat
        reallyhappened,andthetruthisrathertragic.                                        80               Romanmysterycults
          Mentallytorturedbyherfather,Mary                                                                Delveintotheunderworld
                                                                                                          ofAncientRome,where
        wasforbiddenfromseeinghermotherafter                                                              mysterycultsworshipped
        thedivorceunlesstheyacknowledged                     Jodie Tyley                                  thegodswithritual
                                                                                                          re-enactmentsandcopious
        AnneBoleynasthequeen.Bothrefused.                    Editor                                       amountsofwine.

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