Behind the theatrical legend was a man as complex as the characters he created -- flawed, ambitious, and unapologetically ...

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A manor in Buckinghamshire, England, where President Dwight Eisenhower held meetings ahead of D-Day is now on the market asking £11 million (U.S.$15 million).

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William Byrd: a biography If Tallis was the first important English composer, Byrd was the first English composer of genius, unquestionably the greatest of the Elizabethan era. He, more than anyone – ...

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Shakespeare, 400 years ago, coined some 2,500 new words, of which some 800 are still in daily use,” said author Ushasi Sen Basu ...

In the same way that Victoria, the previous longest-reigning monarch, gave her name to her era, defining generations, this has been the modern Elizabethan era, brought to a close by the Queen's death.