Following John Fletcher's opening-night exploration of the family that founded Tavistock Abbey, historian and lecturer Dr Geri Parlby turns the spotlight onto its most remarkable member. Was Ælfthryth a pioneering queen, a ruthless political operator, or the victim of centuries of character assassination? As England's first crowned queen and sister of Tavistock Abbey's founder, Ordulf, her life was entwined with royal power, dynastic intrigue and the mysterious death of Edward the Martyr. Discover the many faces of one of the most fascinating, influential and controversial women of Anglo-Saxon England