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Twenty Minutes - Myth and Reality of Queen Elizabeth I

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Rana Mitter hosts a discussion about the myth and reality of Queen Elizabeth I with best-selling historian Alison Weir and literary critic John Carey. The discussion opens the 2009 Proms Literary Festival, where writers, poets and public figures explore the cultural themes behind the season's BBC Proms concerts. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music.