Robin Hood was probably a derivation on 'Robber in the Hood' Sherlock Holmes is fiction. Ian Fleming based James Bond 007 on himself. King Arthur 'The Once & Future King' is still argued over to this day.

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All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster

And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...