“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors

“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors

Nonfiction: Richard the Lionheart: In Life and in Legend, by Heather Blurton (Reaktion): Richard I of England (1157–99) likely spent no more than six months of his ten-year reign in his home country, yet his statue still stands planted firmly outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. Richard I once said that he would sell all of London if he could find a buyer, yet his legacy evokes national pride and the pinnacle of English chivalry. It …