"Why Elizabeth? Was hers an age of glory or was it tarnished gold? Why this life?" An England in turmoil. Religious conflicts, wars, poverty. A world turned upside down. An England in splendour. An England of hope. Shakespeare’s England. Merlin’s mission in this third life is to protect Queen Elizabeth I. But why? And what then? Why was Merlin living this life on this isle full of noises?