Margaret > Status Update

I'm grumpy. How does an author manage to make a book about the life of Elizabeth I so...tiresome?? So far I've listened to 8 hours of "Parliament once again begged Elizabeth to marry. Elizabeth met with the ambassador from ____ and hinted she would be interested in marrying ____. Elizabeth then made excuses. Everyone thought she wanted to marry Robert Dudley. Parliament once again begged Elizabeth to marry."