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Jul 2023

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Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I (with Tracy ...

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Dana is joined by the Tudor historian—and Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces—Tracy Borman to discuss her latest book, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I, and how two of British history's most famous women created their own legacies.

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