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BEYOND THE MYTH
I am a new subscriber to
History Revealed and I must
tell you it is the only magazine
I read cover to cover. You
can’t take your eyes off the
beautiful layout and the
articles are fun, informative,
important and never dull.
Regarding King Arthur,
and your question of his true
existence (March 2017. Like a
major religion, the attention
“Could there be other sources
that may speak to the existence
of Arthur?”
paid to the subject has gone
on for so many hundreds of
years that you have to wonder
if there really isn’t something
to it all. Maybe King Arthur
could have been created
as a ‘father identity’ for an
England looking for its core
origin after so many centuries
of invasion and division. Like
faith and religion, maybe the
idea of Arthur lives on only in
the hearts of man, but that
can be very real.
So, my main
question is this: if
the English sources
aren’t enough, then
could there be other
sources that may
speak to the existence
of Arthur – specifically, the
kingdoms or countries that
he travelled to or went to war
with? Your article mentions
Arthur fighting Saxons, Picts,
Irish, Swedes, Icelanders and
the peoples of the Orkney
Islands. Arthur is reported to
have invaded Normandy and
Gaul, and travelled to Wales
LETTER
OF THE
MONTH
and Brittany. Surely there
must be some record of his
existence in the annals of those
foreign places? For example,
Commentaries on the Gallic
Wars by Julius Caesar speaks of
his battles with Celtic peoples
in Gaul. It would seem odd if
Arthur doesn’t appear at all in
any foreign source.
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A BROADER VIEW
The quest for King Arthur could
continue in non-English sources
Those are my thoughts.
Thank you so much for your
awesome magazine. I plan on
being a loyal subscriber for
many years.
Ken Harbauer,
Illinois
When I finish reading my
monthly magazine of
History Revealed, I put it in the
waiting room for our patients to
read. There are always great
comments about your magazine
and I know one patient of ours
has told his local newsagent to
keep a copy for him every month.
Keep up the good work.
Andrea Lunn, Australia
PIRATE IN DISGUISE
Judging by the article in your
February 2017 issue, Kenelm
Digby was nothing more than a
thief and a murderer. Of course
in the eyes of the monarchy,
past and present, he was a
hero. But I wonder if there
is any real evidence that he
actually overpowered all those
foreign ships, since he had no
military or naval background, or
whether his memoirs are simply
taken as facts.
Jenny Bell, via email
CLASS ACT
Class 8S from St Edward’s
College, Liverpool cannot
thank you enough for featuring
them in your magazine (Letter
of the Month, April 2017.
Honestly, History Revealed
is like the gift that keeps on
giving. The excitement was
fever pitch when the magazine
hit the newsstands, and 8S
HERO OR ZERO?
Was the explorer Kenelm
Digby more sinister than
he appeared?
are delighted with themselves.
There were many cries of “Ooo!
ahh!” coming from the history
class when I read out parts of
the letters page.
We are really grateful for all
the trouble you have taken. The
smiles from the pupils whose
letters had been specially
chosen to go in the letters page
was well worth it.
Cathy Purcell, teacher,
via email
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