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Young Elizabeth I
How did a child written off by the court become one of England's most iconic monarchs?
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Rise of Thomas More
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Fall of Thomas More
Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, closest ally, rumoured torturer and...Saint?
Mystery of the Cheapside Hoard
Where did the greatest cache of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery ever found come from?
Isabella d’Este: Renaissance Influencer
Discover the woman we all want to be, but not be related to.
