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Title: Lute?
Review: Sorry. I haven't read the book. One quick glance at it and I lost interest, the reason being that during Richard's time the lute was in its infancy. Very few people, if indeed anyone at all, were playing the lute (more probably some kind of oud). Kings certainly didn't keep lutenenist in that area at that time; court musicians were playing either harp, vielle or maybe citole. Call me an elitist or snob, but I have touble dealing with obvious historical inaccuracies. It robs the story of its verisimilitide and hence, for me, its appeal.
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