Leonardo da Vinci with Ken Burns

Leonardo da Vinci with Ken Burns

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New Discovery: Who Really Wrote Elizabeth I's Letters?

Was Elizabeth I really as angry and bad tempered as history has always claimed? How did some of her most secret state letters come to be penned by a Spaniard, while England was at war with Spain?Professor Suzannah Lipscomb breaks the news of groundbreaking research that proves El ...  Show more

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