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If you asked anyone in the world to name an he spent only a few weeks in England. Richard Win a museum getaway
English king, there’s a strong chance that they cared so little for his native land he once said of 40 To top off our look at John
Franklin’s doomed Arctic
would name Richard the Lionheart. Whether the capital: “I would sell London itself if only I expedition, you can win a
for his inclusion in the Robin Hood mythos (and could find a rich enough buyer.” private tour of an exhibition
on the subject and an
its Disney adaptation) or for his famed courage In this month’s issue, we peel back the layers of overnight stay in Greenwich.
during the Third Crusade, Richard I, nicknamed legend and ask not just how did Richard earn his
56 Remember the Alamo
‘the Lionheart’, is an iconic figure. However, the famous nickname, but how did a third son end up Find out how Davy
legend of the lion is one that’s quite divorced from ruling an empire that spanned Crockett’s forces were
overwhelmed but inspired
the real-life monarch. from the east of Ireland to the the Texas Revolution with
While his surcoat of three lions is still on south of France? The true story our detailed battle map of
the iconic siege.
England’s royal coat of arms — not to mention of a family feud that turned
hundreds of thousands of football shirts — it’s into an outright war is more 84 Discover lost treasure
unlikely the national hero actually spoke English. compelling than the myth. Featuring Nazi gold, sunken
Spanish galleons and King
Though he was born in Oxford, Richard I spent John’s crown jewels, discover
most of his life either fighting in the Holy Land Jack Parsons history’s greatest lost
treasures and, just possibly,
or in France. In fact, after his coronation in 1189, Editor where to find them.

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