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Elizabeth Today

Our fascination with the legend of Queen Elizabeth I is as intense as ever. She is the subject of Hollywood movies, and at the center of at least a dozen volumes of fiction every year. Elizabeth remains a powerful marketing force for modern consumers. Her easily recognizable image stares out from shopping bags, gourmet foods, and housewares, as well as CDs, theater posters, and book jackets.

Future ages will create their own images of this fascinating and commanding historical figure, with unique blends of fiction, truth, and imagination.

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