Ricardian Register Reviews
by Book Title

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A

 Addie's Knight
    Ginny Reyes, Jove Books 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/2000 p. 27
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    Reviewed by Dale Summers 6/2000 pp. 17 - 18
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The Age of Edward III
    J. S. Bothwell, Ed., York Medieval Press, York 2000 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 pp. 18 - 19
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An Instance of The Fingerpost
    Iain Pears, Berkeley Books 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 3/2000 p. 24
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Are You As Smart As You Think?
    Terry Stickels, St. Martin's Press, NY 2000 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 22
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Arms And Armour
    Frederick Wilkinson, Hamlyn 1978, reprinted by Chancellor Press, London 1996
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 26
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B

The Beggar and The Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga
    Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, The University of Chicago Press 1997 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 27  
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The Black Death
    Philip Ziegler, Alan Sutton Publishing 1991 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Constant Hopkins 12/1998 pp. 25 - 26
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The Book of Shadows
    C. L. Grace, St. Martin's Press 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 21
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Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses
    A. L. Rowse, MacMillan 1966 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1992 p. 18
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A Brood of Vipers
    Michael Clynes, St. Martin's Press 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 9/1996 pp. 16 - 17
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The Brothers of Glastonbury
    Kate Sedley, Headline Book Publishing 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 3/1999 pp. 20 - 21
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The Browser's Dictionary Of Foreign Words and Phrases
    Mary Varchaver and Frank Ledlie Moore, John Wiley & Sons 2001 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 p. 25
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The Burning Road
    Ann Benson, Delacorte Press 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Nancy Madison 9/1999 p. 24 - 25
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The Butt of Malmsey
    Hugh Ross Williamson, Michael Joseph Ltd. 1967 fiction
    Reviewed by Lisa Lideks 3/2000 p. 25
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By Murder's Bright Light
    Paul Harding (P.C. Doherty), Headline Book Publishing, London 1994
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2001 p. 20
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C

Calendar
    David Ewing Duncan, Avon Books 1998 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1998 pp. 20 - 21
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Catherine, Called Birdy
    Karen Cushman, Harper Trophy 1994 fiction
    Reviewed by Lila Rhodes 9/1999 p. 24
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Christopher Marlowe And The Renaissance Of Tragedy
    Douglas Cole, Greenwood Press non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1996 pp. 22 - 23
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The Code Book
    Simon Singh, Doubleday, NY 1999
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 25
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Command of the King
    Mary Lide, St. Martin's Press 1990 fiction
    Reviewed by Toby Friedenberg 12/1992 p. 19
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The Complete World Bartender Guide
    Bob Sennett, ed., Bantam Books, NY & London non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 p. 25
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The Conquering Family
    Thomas Costain, Doubleday 1949, 1962, Buccaneer Books 1997
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 6/2001 pp. 22 - 23
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Crown of Destiny
    Diana Rubino, Domhan Books, Brooklyn, NY 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 pp. 27 - 28
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Crown of Roses
    Valerie Anand, fiction
    Reviewed by Sandra Worth 3/1996 p. 23
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Cruel as the Grave
    Sharon Kay Penman, Henry Holt & Co. 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Helen Cure 3/1999 p. 21
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Cursed in the Blood
    Sharon Newman 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/1999 pp. 20 - 21
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D

Daily Life in Chaucer's England
    Jeffrey L. Singman & Wii McLean, The Greenwood Press non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1996 p. 19
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Dancing Through Time: Western Social Dance in Literature, 1400 - 1918
    Allison Thompson (compiled) non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1998 p. 20
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Dark Sovereign - The True Tragedy of King Richard III
    Robert Fripp, Toronto 1991 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1997 p. 16
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Death and the Chapman (Subtitled A Medieval Mystery}
    Kate Sedley, St. Martin's Press 1991 fiction
    Reviewed by Toby Friedenberg 12/1992 p. 19
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Death Comes As Epiphany
    Sharan Newman, Tom Doherty Associates 1991 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 18
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Destiny Lies Waiting
    Diana Rubino, Domham Books, NY 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 20
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The Devil's Door
    Sharon Newman, Tom Doherty Associates 1994 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/1999 pp. 20 - 21
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Dictionary of Riddles
    Mark Bryant, Routledge 1990
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2000 p. 24
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The Difficult Saint
    Sharon Newman, Tom Doherty Associates 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/2000 p. 20
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Don't Call Him Mortimer
    Connie Willis, Bantam Books 1992 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1997 pp. 15 - 16
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Doomsday Book
    Sidney Hill, New Millennium, fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 6/1999 p. 20
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The Doublet Affair
    Fiona Buckley, Scribner 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 12/1999 p. 22
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Down the Common -- A Year in the Life of A Medieval Woman
    Ann Baer fiction
    Reviewed by Donna Schechter 3/1999 p. 20
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The Dragon and the Rose
    Roberta Gellis 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Kim Dziurman 12/1992 pp. 18 - 19
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Dragon's Court
    Joanna Makepeace, Mills & Boon 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 pp. 25 - 26
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E

The Encyclopedia of Plagues And Pestillances
    George C. Kohn, Ed., Facts on File, NY 1995
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 pp. 25 - 26
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English Humanist Books: Writers And Patrons, Manuscript And Print 1475-1525
    David R. Carlson, University of Toronto Press 1993 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Sharon Michalove 3/1996 pp. 20 - 22
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English Through The Ages
    William Brohaugh, Writer's Digest Books, F & W Publications, Inc. 1998 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1999 p. 23 - 24
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Evan and Elle
    Rhys Bowen, St. Martin's Minotaur 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2000 p. 30
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The Eve of St. Hyacinth
    Kate Sedley, St. Martin's Press 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 9/1996 pp. 16 - 17
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The Evidence Exposed
    Elizabeth George, Hodder & Stoughton 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/2001 p. 19
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F

Face Down Among the Winchester Geese
    Kathy Lynn Emerson, St. Martin's Press 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 p. 27
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Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross
    Kathy Lynn Emerson, St. Martin's Press 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 p. 27
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Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie
    Kathy Lynn Emerson, Kensington 1997 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2000 p. 30
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Face Down Upon An Herbal
    Kathy Lynn Emerson, St. Martin's Press 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 p. 27
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The Faithful Lovers
    Valerie Anand, fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1996 p. 18
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Falconer and the Face of God
    Ian Morson, St. Martin's Press 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1998 pp. 21 - 22
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Falconer and The Great Beast
    Ian Morson, St. Martin's Press 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 p. 27
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The Fatal Crown
    Ellen Jones, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1991 ISBN 0-671-72464-9
    Reviewed by Peggy Allen 6/2001 pp. 23 - 24
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Film and the Teaching of Key Stage 3 History
    Roger Nash and Keith Farley, Pub., Wolverton Educational Authority, non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1996 p. 19
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The Final Trial of Richard III
    Mary Shaller, Dramatic Publishing Co. 1984 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/1996 p. 23
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The Firedrake's Eye
    Patricia Finney, St. Martin's Press 1992 fiction
    Reviewed by Janet Trimbath 3/1999 p. 22
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Flags Through the Ages
    Whitney Smith, McGraw Hill 1975 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1996 p. 16
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The Forgotten
    Faye Kellerman, William Morris & Co. 2001 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 22
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From Dawn to Decadence, 1500 to the Present
    Jacques Barzun, non-fiction
    Reviewed by Beverlee Weston 12/2000 p. 30
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G

Garland of the Realm
    Janet Kilbourne, Robert Hale 1972 reprinted 1982 fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/1998 p. 27
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    Reviewed by Dale Summers 6/1999 p. 18
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George III's Children
    John Van der Kiste, non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 24
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Gildenford
    Valerie Anand, Charles Scribner's Sons 1977 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/1996 p. 18
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The Goldsmith's Daughter
    Kate Sedley, Severn House Publishers, Surrey & NY 2001 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 pp. 24 - 25
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Gothic Gargoyles
    Bill Yenne, First Glance Books 1998 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 27
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Guilds and The Parish Community In Late Medieval East Anglia, C. 1470 - 1550
    Ken Farnhill, York Medieval Press, The University of York, England and
     Boydell & Brewer, NY 2001 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 pp. 25 - 26
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H

Hemlock at Vespers: Fifteen Sister Fidelma Mysteries
    Peter Tremayne, St. Martin's Minotaur 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2000 pp. 26 - 27
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Heraldry
    Henry Bedingfeld, Rouge Croix Pursuivant and Peter Gwynn-Jones, Lancaster Herald,
    Greenwich Editions, London 1993 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 p. 24
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His Lady Bride
    Shelley Bradley, Zebra Books 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Teresa Eckford 12/2000 pp. 27 - 28
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Historical Enigmas
    Hugh Ross Williamson, St. Martin's Press 1974 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Ellen Perlman 12/1999 p. 24
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    Reviewed by Ellen Prinsen 6/1999 pp. 18 - 19
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House Names Around The World
    Joyce C. Miles, David & Charles, Ltd. 1972 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1996 p. 24
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I

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Medieval Civilization
    Aryeh Grabois, Octopus Books, London 1980 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Charlie Jordan 12/2001 pp. 17 - 18
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I Saw Two Englands
    H. V. Morton, Methuen 1989
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 12/1992 pp. 19 - 20
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In Pursuit of the Green Lion
    Judith Markle Riley, Delacorte Press 1990 fiction
    Reviewed by Siobhan Burke 9/1998 p. 21
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In The Time Of The Poisoned Queen
    Ann Dukthas, St. Martin's Press 1998 fiction
    Reviewed by Anne Marie Gazzolo 9/1999 p. 26
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Inventing The Middle Ages
    Norman F. Cantor, William Morrow & Co., Ltd. 1991 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Peggy Allen 9/2000 pp. 23 - 24
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Inward Purity And Outward Splendour -
Death and Remembrance In The Deanery of Dunwich, Suffolk 1370 - 1547
    Judith Middleton-Stewart, The Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2001 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 18
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Jester Leaps In
    Alan Gordon, St. Martin's Press, NY 2000 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 21
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The Jewels of Warwick
    Diana Rubino, Domhan Books, Brooklyn, NY 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2002 pp. 27 - 28
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K

The King's Bishop
    Candace Robb, William Heineman & Mandarin Paperbacks 1996 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/1997 p. 16
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Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards: Who's Who in the
English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II
    David Hilliam, Sutton Publishing, Gloucester 1998
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 pp. 26 - 27
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The Knight And the Rose
    Isolde Martyn, Berkley/Jove 2002 fiction
    Reviewed by Nancy Northcott 12/2001 pp. 19 - 20
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L

Labels For Locals: What to call people from Abilene to Zimbabwe
    Paul Dickson, Merriam Webster, Inc., Springfield, MA 1997
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 9/2001 p. 27
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Lady of the Knight
    Tori Phillips, Harlequin 1999 fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/1999 p. 25
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The Lafitte Case
    Ray Peters, Write Way Publishing 1997 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 3/2000 pp. 25 - 26
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The Last Plantagenet
    Hazel Bird, Catesby Press (Headstart History) 1994 fiction
    Reviewed by Judy Pimental 9/1999 p. 28
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The Last Plantagenets
    Thomas Costain, Doubleday & Co. 1962, Buccaneer Books 1994 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 3/2002 p. 26
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Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths Of World History
    Richard Shenkman, Harper Collins, NY 1993 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Myrna Smith 12/2001 p. 22
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The Life and Times of Richard III
    Anthony Cheetham, Werdenfeld & Nicholson 1972 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Margaret Drake 9/1996 p. 17
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Lion Invincible
    Carol Wensby-Scott, Futura Publications 1985 fiction
    Reviewed by Margaret Drake 9/1996 pp. 17 - 18
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The Lordly Ones
    Geoffrey Richardson, Baildon Books 1988 non-fiction
    Reviewed by Dale Summers 9/2000 pp. 25 - 26
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Lords of the White Castle
    Elizabeth Chadwick, Little, Brown & Co., London, 2001 ISBN 0-316-85150-7
    Reviewed by Teresa Eckford 6/2001 pp. 24 - 25
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The Lost Dragon of Wessex
    Gwendolyn Bowers, Cadmus Books 1962
    Reviewed by Muriel Williamson 3/2001 p. 21
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