Robin Hood
$21.49
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2018
Summary
Robin Hood is England’s greatest folk hero. Everyone knows the story of the outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Nick Rennison’s highly entertaining book begins with the search for the historical Robin. Was there ever a real Robin Hood? Rennison looks at the candidates who have been proposed over the years, from petty thieves to Knights Templar, before moving on to examine the many ways in which Robin Hood has been portrayed in literature and on the screen.
He began…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857303264 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857303260 |
| Author: | Nick Rennison |
| Publisher: | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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If you know nothing about the story of Robin Hood or want to know more about how the story has evolved over the centuries, this book is for you – Paul Begg * welovethisbook.com *
About The Author
Nick Rennison
NICK RENNISON is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in modern history and in crime fiction. He is the author of 1922: Scenes from a Turbulent Year, A Short History of Polar Exploration, Peter Mark Roget: A Biography, Freud and Psychoanalysis, Robin Hood: Myth, History & Culture and Bohemian London, published by Oldcastle Books, and the editor of six anthologies of short stories for No Exit Press. He is also the author of The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction, 100 Must-Read Crime Novels and Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography. His crime novels, Carver’s Quest and Carver’s Truth, both set in nineteenth-century London, are published by Corvus. He is a regular reviewer for both The Sunday Times and Daily Mail.
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