Tracy Borman is chief historian of Historic Royal Palaces and chancellor and professor of Tudor history at Lincoln Bishop University. Her latest book, “The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty,” is out Tuesday.

We are acutely aware today of how technology can be used to spread falsehoods serving a political agenda. But less appreciated is technology’s usefulness in uncovering the truth and bringing history close, as with the revelation of a more than 400-year-old disinformation campaign surrounding the death of England’s Queen Elizabeth I and her successor to the throne.

I have studied England’s Tudor dynasty — and Elizabeth I in particular — for as long as I can remember. I fell in love with these celebrated royals at 16, thanks to an inspirational teacher

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