Irish playwright J.M. Synge created influential but misunderstood representations of travellers or 'tinkers'. This work traces the history of the 'tinker' back

Gypsy Folk-Tales by Francis Hindes Groome, first published in 1899, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This

Robin Hood is the son of William Fizooth, the Saxon earl of Huntingdon, whose estate is robbed from him by Norman barons. A traditional collection of the ballad