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  • Book Reviews
    • “London Lives: Poverty, Crime, and the Making of a Modern City” (2015)
    • “Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America: The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions” (2014)
    • “Robin Hood in Outlawed Spaces” by Valerie Johnson and Lesley Coote
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Testimonials

“…the book is devoted to the study of how the legend of Wat Tyler has been received through the ages, and in fact this enquiry proves to be both entertaining and enlightening … the author has contrived to pursue a single theme throughout in both a scholarly and entertaining fashion.” – Robin Carlile.

Review of Stephen Basdeo’s “The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler” (2018)

“Stephen Basdeo’s book is a fascinating study of the cultural impact of one of England’s most famous rebels: Wat Tyler, who was a key figure in the Great Revolt of 1381”. – Martin Empson (Resolute Reader)

Review of Stephen Basdeo’s “The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler” (2018)

“Basdeo wrote his doctoral thesis on the legend of Robin Hood and resolved to write a similar piece on the legend of Wat Tyler … he provides an interesting chapter on historical novels featuring Wat.” – Edward James, The Historical Novel Society

Review of Stephen Basdeo’s “The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler” (2018)

I admit that I have never heard of some of the criminals, which made the reading really enjoyable though some crimes were appalling. The most valuable part for me were all the references to the law and social background of the period together with detailed explanation why at a certain point there were no more highwaymen. A very good read! – BEATA B. Netgalley

Review of Stephen Basdeo’s “The Lives and Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Rogues, and Murderers” (2018)

Loved this! I’ve been studying medieval literature throughout my academic career and am almost ashamed to say that I have managed to neglect Robin Hood!! This book is really accessible, authoritative, and fantastically researched. I’d recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about the legend and am pleased to say this one has made it on to my student’s reading list. —- Dr Kate Lister

Review of Stephen Basdeo’s “Robin Hood” (2019)

Comic History of England…

The Comic History of the Peasants’ Revolt

17 Apr 2021
For Pen and Sword Books I am producing a new annotated edition of The Comic History of England (originally published in 1846). I thought I’d give readers a taste of…
Battle of Vannes…

“Mysteries of the People” (1848): Eugene Sue’s Epic Socialist Novel

13 Apr 2021
By Stephen Basdeo In 1848 the master of the “mysteries” novels, Eugene Sue, began the weekly serialisation of a new novel: Mysteries of the People. It was a chronicle of…
19th Century…

M.P. Shiel’s “The Purple Cloud” (1901)

9 Apr 2021
By Stephen Basdeo The book was a legend … out of space, out of time … he had the character of a poet and a prophet — a prophet, I…
Chartism…

The Glorious Trio: Robin Hood, Wat Tyler, and Hereward the Wake

8 Apr 2021
I recently had the honour to have a chapter appear in a book edited by Mike Sanders (Twitter @bronterre1) and David Matthews titled Subaltern Medievalisms: Medievalism 'from Below' in Nineteenth-Century…
Charles Dickens…

The Pont-Neuf: or, Mr Pickwick Attends an Execution

25 Mar 2021
Written by George W.M. Reynolds Transcribed by Jessica Elizabeth Thomas [Of all the evil associations of the vice of drinking, gambling is one of the most constant and the most…
History

Jack London’s “The Scarlet Plague” (1912): Eugenics, Socialism, and a Deadly Pandemic

10 Mar 2021
Stephen Basdeo In the May and June issues of the London Magazine in 1912 an interesting short story titled The Scarlet Plague appeared from one of the most famous American…

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