An assessment of the short twelve-year reign of Britain's last Stuart monarch recounts how she united England and Scotland as a sovereign state, offering additional insight into the military victories that laid the foundations for Britain's future naval and colonial supremacy.

But a daughter -- Religion before her father -- Sure never anybody was used so -- We are now in a new world -- These fatal distinctions of Whig and Tory -- The weight and charge of a kingdom -- Nothing but uneasiness -- Entire and perfect union -- Guided by other hands -- Passions between women -- Making the breach wider -- The heat and ferment that is in this poor nation -- I do not like war -- The great work of peace -- The last troublesome scene of contention -- Not equal to the weight of the crown?