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October 2017 Issue Mary Wellesley Wed to Rule Queens of the Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens 1066–1167 By Alison Weir LR
September 2017 Issue Robert Irwin Knight Fever The Templars: The Rise and Fall of God’s Holy Warriors By Dan Jones
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February 2015 Issue Christopher Tyerman Flower of Chivalry The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power behind Five English Thrones By Thomas Asbridge LR
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