[Mithfânion]

I'm looking for a good book on Robin Hood, for grown-ups http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

It would be nice if it did something with the legends surrounding the Hooded Man.

Any recommendations? Something like the Robin of Sherwood series from the eighties.

[SusF]

Unfortuntely, not much is out there on my buddy Robin.

The classic is The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle. That's a good place to start to get the basic legend. It's also well written.

Also Robin Hood by James Clarke Holt.

I went to Amazon.com and subject searched for Robin Hood and got 117 different choices. You might also want to look on books of myth which include Herne, Cernunous, and the Green Man. I have a penguin book on the Green Man and the myths that surround him.

Susan

[Mithfânion]

Ok thanks

I found one that seems very nice as well, it's called The Archer king. Looks good as well http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[wolfshead]

I think you'll like the one I'm writing, Mithfanion, if I ever get around to finishing it and getting it published (grin).I'm a big fan of Robin Hood,( esp. as depicted in the Robin of Sherwood series.) there aren't a lot of good novels on Robin out there though (ehich is why i want to fill the gap, haha.). I have THE ARCHER KING; ROS derived, very pagan, but has some hilarious historical gaffs. The peasants eat potatoes and Marion calls Robin 'a skunk'(they don't have those in England!)Among other things. The paganism is OK, but I don't think medieval SAXON peasants should be calling on Celtic gods--esp when the author didn't seem to be able to differentiate Welsh gods from Irish and just mixed both together!
Jennifer roberson wrote a Robin book called 'Lady of the fores'; it's pretty good but no magic.

[SusF]

Parke Goodwin's Sherwood is really good, too. I had forgotten about it and found it the other day when cleaning out books.

Susan

[Cygnus]

Susan, are you a librarian? In many of your posts you seem to go above and beyond the call of duty in answering questions. A very helpful trait indeed, and one that many in my chosen profession are afflicted with. Not to say that librarians are the only ones out there that go to great lengths to find information, but that is our defining trait! That and an undeniable itch to find an answer for any question posed to us.

Sorry to go off on a tangent in your post Mithfanion, especially since I don't know of any Robin Hood books for an adult audience. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by Cygnus (edited January 14, 2002).]

[Barbarossa]

The perhaps most classical collection of Robin Hood legends I ever read, was by Sir Walter Scott. Unfortunatly it seems to be out of print, but perhaps your local library does have it, Scott is a classic, after all.

[wolfshead]

There's a version of Robin Hood written early last century by an author called Henry Gilbert. It has some magic in it, and was definitely a major influence on Robin of Sherwood creator richard carpenter (for instance the baddie was Isambard de Belame, in ROS it was Simon de Belleme.)

[Mithfânion]

I should add "Locksley" by Nicholas Chase.