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📰 In the press… 📰 Discovering Robin Hood: The Life of Joseph Ritson – Gentleman, Scholar and Revolutionary by Stephen Basdeo has been featured in today’s Daily Express. 👉 The name of Joseph Ritson, born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1752, will be familiar to very few people. The name of Robin Hood is known the world over. Yet it was Ritson whose research in the late 18th century ensured the survival of the Robin Hood legend. 📚 This is not only a story about the formation of the Robin Hood legend. Ritson’s story is one of rags to riches. Born in humble circumstances, his aptitude for learning meant that he rose through society’s ranks and became a successful lawyer, local official, and a gentleman. 🛒 Discovering Robin Hood is coming soon, and is available to preorder now. • #InThePress #DiscoveringRobinHood #RobinHood #History #SocialHistory #Biography #JosephRitson #StocktonOnTees #HistoricalFigures #18thCentury #Legend #Myth #MythsAndLegends #GordonRiots #MedievalTimes #FrenchRevolution #Medieval #MedievalHistory #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CMzDc2Fr2a9/?igshid=15h6to7usx8j8