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By a follower of Francisco Goya, via the Museo del Prado and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
The terrible monster Grendel, secure in the knowledge that no blade can bite him, bursts into Hrothgar’s hall expecting another meal of man-flesh.
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Anonymous (British School), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Henry VII made sure that he had eyes and ears wherever they were needed to put an end to thirty years of political conspiracy.
© Richard Croft, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
In the days of Henry VIII, eminent Scottish historian John Major looked back to the reign of Richard the Lionheart and sketched the character of legendary outlaw Robin Hood.
By Marjorie Acker Phillips (1895-1985), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5.
King Henry VIII was riding out with Queen Catherine one May Day, when they found themselves waylaid by Robin Hood and two hundred archers.
By Cassandra Austen (1773-1845), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
James Edward Austen-Leigh tells us what it was that made his aunt, the celebrated novelist Jane Austen, so remarkable.
By Charles François Jalabert (1819–1901), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Sir Richard Steele takes up arms against the kind of wit who thinks you can be as nasty as you like provided you make people laugh.
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