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Discovering Robin Hood

The Life of Joseph Ritson—Gentleman, Scholar & Revolutionary

by Stephen Basdeo ...

The name of Joseph Ritson, born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1752, will be familiar to very few people. The name of Robin Hood is known the world over. Yet it was Ritson whose research in the late eighteenth century ensured the survival of the Robin Hood legend. He traveled all over the country looking for ancient manuscripts which told of the life and deeds of England's most famous outlaw. Without his ... Read more

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The name of Joseph Ritson, born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1752, will be familiar to very few people. The name of Robin Hood is known the world over. Yet it was Ritson whose research in the late eighteenth century ensured the survival of the Robin Hood legend. He traveled all over the country looking for ancient manuscripts which told of the life and deeds of England's most famous outlaw. Without his
... Read more
Robin Hood

The Life and Legend of an Outlaw

by Stephen Basdeo ...

"Impressively researched . . . an extraordinary combination of biography and cultural history" from the author of Heroes and Villains of the British Empire ( Midwest Book Review).Robin Hood is a national English icon. He is portrayed as a noble robber, who, along with his band of merry men, is said to have stolen from the rich and given to the poor. His story has been re-imagined many times ... Read more

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"Impressively researched . . . an extraordinary combination of biography and cultural history" from the author of Heroes and Villains of the British Empire ( Midwest Book Review).Robin Hood is a national English icon. He is portrayed as a noble robber, who, along with his band of merry men, is said to have stolen from the rich and given to the poor. His story has been re-imagined many times
... Read more
The Lives & Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Rogues and Murderers

by Stephen Basdeo ...

A fascinating historical survey of the world's most infamous outlaws.For as long as human societies have existed there have always been people who have transgressed the laws of their respective societies. It seems that whenever new laws are made, certain people find ways to break them.This book will introduce you to some of the most notorious figures, from all parts of the world, who have ... Read more

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A fascinating historical survey of the world's most infamous outlaws.For as long as human societies have existed there have always been people who have transgressed the laws of their respective societies. It seems that whenever new laws are made, certain people find ways to break them.This book will introduce you to some of the most notorious figures, from all parts of the world, who have
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The Life & Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler

by Stephen Basdeo ...

In 1381, England was on the brink - the poor suffered the effects of war, the Black Death, and Poll Tax. At this time the brave Wat Tyler arose to lead the commoners, forming an army who set off to London to meet with King Richard II and present him with a list of grievances and demands for redress. Tyler was treacherously struck down by the Lord Mayor. His head hacked from his shoulders, pierced ... Read more

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In 1381, England was on the brink - the poor suffered the effects of war, the Black Death, and Poll Tax. At this time the brave Wat Tyler arose to lead the commoners, forming an army who set off to London to meet with King Richard II and present him with a list of grievances and demands for redress. Tyler was treacherously struck down by the Lord Mayor. His head hacked from his shoulders, pierced
... Read more
A Comic History of England

The Original Horrible History

by Stephen Basdeo ...

Blends humor with factual storytelling, turning kings, queens, and historic events into witty, irreverent narratives.“Nothing now succeeds unless it’s in the comic line. We have comic Latin grammars, and comic Greek grammars; indeed, I don't know but what English grammar, too, is a comedy altogether. All our tragedies are made into comedies by the way they are performed; and no work sells without ... Read more

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Blends humor with factual storytelling, turning kings, queens, and historic events into witty, irreverent narratives.“Nothing now succeeds unless it’s in the comic line. We have comic Latin grammars, and comic Greek grammars; indeed, I don't know but what English grammar, too, is a comedy altogether. All our tragedies are made into comedies by the way they are performed; and no work sells without
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A History of the End of the World

The Apocalypse in Popular Culture

by Stephen Basdeo ...

Traces how apocalyptic fears and visions have shaped popular culture from medieval times to today.People have always imagined that human history has an end point. The way this has been imagined has varied according to time, place, and culture. In medieval England people lived in expectation of the Biblical Day of Judgment, when the world would end and people would be judged by God according to ... Read more

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Traces how apocalyptic fears and visions have shaped popular culture from medieval times to today.People have always imagined that human history has an end point. The way this has been imagined has varied according to time, place, and culture. In medieval England people lived in expectation of the Biblical Day of Judgment, when the world would end and people would be judged by God according to
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Heroes & Villains of the British Empire

Their Lives & Legends

by Stephen Basdeo ...

An analysis of the builders of the British Empire, how they were represented in popular culture of the day, and how that vision has changed over time.From the sixteenth until the twentieth century, British power and influence gradually expanded to cover one quarter of the world's surface. The common saying was that "the sun never sets on the British Empire." What began as a largely entrepreneurial ... Read more

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An analysis of the builders of the British Empire, how they were represented in popular culture of the day, and how that vision has changed over time.From the sixteenth until the twentieth century, British power and influence gradually expanded to cover one quarter of the world's surface. The common saying was that "the sun never sets on the British Empire." What began as a largely entrepreneurial
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Pandemic Obsession

How They Feature in our Popular Culture

by Stephen Basdeo ...

"Pestilence entered… The ordinary pursuits of society were paralysed; all previously-formed plans of happiness, business, trade, occupation, and domestic arrangement, were checked as cruelly and abruptly as if every principle of the human mind were in a moment subverted… The physicians saw that human aid was vain, and that destruction inevitably awaited all who approached the infected. Terrific ... Read more

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"Pestilence entered… The ordinary pursuits of society were paralysed; all previously-formed plans of happiness, business, trade, occupation, and domestic arrangement, were checked as cruelly and abruptly as if every principle of the human mind were in a moment subverted… The physicians saw that human aid was vain, and that destruction inevitably awaited all who approached the infected. Terrific
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Victorian England's Bestselling Author

The Revolutionary Life of G. W. M. Reynolds

by Stephen Basdeo, Mya Driver ...

George W.M. Reynolds (1814–79) was one of the biggest-selling novelists of the Victorian era. He was the author of over 58 novels and short stories and his "penny blood" The Mysteries of London, serialised in weekly numbers between 1844 and 1848, sold over a million copies. A controversial figure in his lifetime, Reynolds's Mysteries, and its follow-up The Mysteries of the Court of London (1849–56 ... Read more

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George W.M. Reynolds (1814–79) was one of the biggest-selling novelists of the Victorian era. He was the author of over 58 novels and short stories and his "penny blood" The Mysteries of London, serialised in weekly numbers between 1844 and 1848, sold over a million copies. A controversial figure in his lifetime, Reynolds's Mysteries, and its follow-up The Mysteries of the Court of London (1849–56
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English Rebels and Revolutionaries

by Stephen Basdeo ...

Throughout history brave Englishmen and women have never been afraid to rise up against their unjust rulers and demand their rights. Barely a century has gone by without England being witness to a major uprising against the government of the day, often resulting in a fundamental change to the constitution. This book is a collection of biographies, written by experts in their field, of the lives ... Read more

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Throughout history brave Englishmen and women have never been afraid to rise up against their unjust rulers and demand their rights. Barely a century has gone by without England being witness to a major uprising against the government of the day, often resulting in a fundamental change to the constitution. This book is a collection of biographies, written by experts in their field, of the lives
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The Secret History of the Royal Court of England

The Scandalous Chronicle of the Georgian Monarchy

Edited by Stephen Basdeo ...

The Georgian era, we are told, was a "polite and commercial" era. The supposedly refined aristocracy governed the nation while the bourgeoisie, at the center of the largest empire the world had ever known, expanded the nation's overseas trading interests while currying royal favors. It was an era which witnessed the flowering of art, literature, and music. But at the heart of the British Empire ... Read more

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The Georgian era, we are told, was a "polite and commercial" era. The supposedly refined aristocracy governed the nation while the bourgeoisie, at the center of the largest empire the world had ever known, expanded the nation's overseas trading interests while currying royal favors. It was an era which witnessed the flowering of art, literature, and music. But at the heart of the British Empire
... Read more
Subaltern Medievalisms

Medievalism 'from below' in Nineteenth-Century Britain

by David Matthews, Ingrid Hanson, Stuart McWilliams, Carolyn P Collette, Michael Sanders, Matthew Roberts, Rosemary A. Mitchell, Stephen Knight, Stephen Basdeo0, Colin Trodd1 ...

This book offers a challenge to the current study of nineteenth-century British medievalism, re-examining its general perception as an elite and conservative tendency, the imposition of order from above evidenced in the work of Walter Scott, in the Eglinton Tournament, and in endless Victorian depictions of armour-clad knights. Whilst some previous scholars have warned that medievalism should not ... Read more

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This book offers a challenge to the current study of nineteenth-century British medievalism, re-examining its general perception as an elite and conservative tendency, the imposition of order from above evidenced in the work of Walter Scott, in the Eglinton Tournament, and in endless Victorian depictions of armour-clad knights. Whilst some previous scholars have warned that medievalism should not
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