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|author= Miles Russell
|title= Arthur and the Kings of Britain: The Historical Truth Behind the Myths
|rating= 4.5
|genre= History
|summary= As the author of the Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain), written in 1136, Geoffrey of Monmouth is commonly recognized as one of the first British historians. His book told – or is supposed to have told - the story of the British monarchy during the Dark Ages, from the arrival of the Trojan Brutus, grandson of Aeneas, up to the seventh century AD when the Anglo-Saxons had taken control of Britain. Being virtually the only work of its kind at the time, it proved very influential, and became well-known throughout western Europe as one of the great works of medieval literature as the first retelling of the story of King Arthur, Lear and Cymbeline. Shakespeare was forever in his debt with regard to the two latter.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445662744</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Denzil Meyrick
|title=Well of the Winds (DCI Daley)
|rating=4
|genre=Crime
|summary=It's not a happy time for DCI Jim Daley. The woman he loved is dead - there are those who blame him for what happened - and his relationship with Liz, his ex wife, and his young son is deteriorating by the day. He's finding solace in the bottom of a glass, whilst the man who used to do that all too often, his friend DS Brian Scott is off alcohol completely and has found exercise. There's a new officer in charge at Kinloch - DS Carrie Simmington - and whilst she might look young, it's unlikely that she got to that position without having a core of steel.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846973724</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Nicole Dennis-Benn
|title= Here Comes the Sun
|rating= 4
|genre= Literary Fiction
|summary= You have to assume the team behind the cover sleeve for Nicole Dennis-Benn's debut novel Here Come's the Sun have a keen sense of irony. Either that or none of them read beyond the first page.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178607124X</amazonuk>
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|author=W S Markendale
|title=Owen Pendragon
|rating=3.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Monsters are slipping through somehow from somewhere to kidnap children in Cornwall and the army seems powerless to do anything about it. 12-year-olds Owen and Mary assume they too are therefore powerless as they watch friends and neighbours disappear. Imagine their surprise when they realise that thanks to an ancient relative, they have more influence on what happens than they think and not just on what happens on Earth. And their distant relative? The former monarch and head of the round table, no less: King Arthur.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524667579</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jon Morris
|title=The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: Oddball Criminals from Comic Book History
|summary= Mia is done with the small town she grew up in, but it only takes one phone call to bring her back. Her twin brother Lucas is missing and, worse still, has been implicated in the death of one of his students. Without him there to speak for himself it becomes her job to defend his reputation while trying to get to the bottom of everything that has gone on.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785654047</amazonuk>
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