Great British Families

Ranges from curses on whole families which resulted in their extinction, to stories about legendary folk heroes, Dick Whittington and Hereward the Wake, from unsolved mysteries such as William Rufus in the New Forest, to the immortal love story of Tristan and Iseult.

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There are tales about curses on whole families which resulted in their extinction, to stories about legendary folk heroes, Dick Whittington and Hereward the Wake, from unsolved mysteries such as William Rufus in the New Forest, to the immortal love story of Tristan and Iseult. Keith B. Poole has been a university extramural lecturer in heraldry, geneology and medieval history. He is the author of "Unfamiliar Spirits" and "Britain's Haunted Heritage".