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Features The Return of the Crusader by Karl Friedrich Lessing (Public Domain), and an illustration from Jack the Giant Killer (Public Domain) — 09 Nov 2016

Tom Hickathrift - the Crusader who became Jack the Giant Killer

*By Charles Christian*

*Mythology & Mystery*

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Many of you will be familiar with the legend or fairy-tale of Jack the Giant Killer and, in England, the popular Christmas pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. But, Jack is a relatively recent invention, first recorded in pamphlets and chapbooks in...
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Tom Hickathrift - the Crusader who became Jack the Giant Killer