The Scarlet Forest A Tale of Robin Hood 2nd ed.

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You are invited underneath the great greenwood tree to hear how a young man became a hero and a hero became a legend. When Robin takes a shortcut through Sherwood Forest the path he chooses leads not to Nottingham's archery contest but to a life on the run from the law. Unable now to become a knight and joined by his childhood friend Marian Robin Hood leads the most infamous outlaw band ever to evade the king and his sheriff.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Blending true history with new stories popular inaccuracies and some almost forgotten medieval legends </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> brings a new life to the greenwood which here feels as fresh as it does traditional. Drawing on an academic background in medieval English studies at the University of Nottingham A. E. Chandler captivates with this unique and nuanced reinterpretation of Robin Hood's struggles and adventures. The forest is waiting.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This expanded second edition contains bonus material including a translation of one of the only five surviving medieval Robin Hood ballads two medieval recipes book club questions and a historical note.</span></p>