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Glorious Facts About Queen Elizabeth I, The Virgin Queen

Schemer. Seducer. Tyrant? Queen Elizabeth I is one of the most famous—and notorious—monarchs of England, but few people know her dark history. As the daughter of the equally infamous King Henry VIII and his executed...

November 30, 2022 Miles Brucker


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