Inspire Me

Elizabeth I in Cinema

The evolution of one of Hollywood's most iconic muses

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    English Heritage's Senior Historian Paul Pattison reveals the unexpected faces of England's notorious pirates. It turns out, the truth is far grittier than the fiction.