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|author=John Matthews

|title=Robin Hood

|rating=4.5

|genre=History

|summary= The Outlaw of Sherwood Forest has been part of national mythology ever since the twelfth century. Did Mr Hood really exist, or is he a figment of popular imagination who refuses to go quietly? If historians and researchers over the ages are to be believed, the truth seems to lie somewhere in between.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445656019</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author=Lydia Ginzburg

|summary= Henry V is remembered as one of England's greatest warrior kings, not least as a result of his immortalisation in the play by Shakespeare (as well as by two film versions of the drama). Ironically he was one of several great-grandchildren of Edward III, and as he was considered relatively unimportant at the time of his birth, exactly when he arrived in the world was not recorded and two different dates have been given. It was the deposition of his father's childless cousin Richard II in 1399 which placed him directly in the line of succession.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445655411</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Kathryn Warner~~

~~|title=Isabella of France: The Rebel Queen~~

~~|rating= 5~~

~~|genre= History~~

|summary= Ask almost anyone what they know about Isabella, Queen of King Edward II. The chances are that they will tell you she was ‘the she-wolf of France’ who was so infuriated by her gay husband’s propensity for disastrous favourites that she took a lover and they conspired to depose him, then have him murdered in captivity. The truth is somewhat different. To use an old cliché, if you throw enough mud it will stick. A good deal has adhered to this seemingly much-maligned couple over the years.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445647400</amazonuk>~~

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