Robin Hood: The Life & Legend of an Outlaw

Robin Hood is one of the most long-lasting and notorious folk characters in the world. He was portrayed as a loveable rogue, a socialist robber who bravely stood up against medieval greed and dickery. At least, that's how we see him now. But as with any character, his story has been reimagined many times throughout the centuries. Robin Hood: The Life & Legend of an Outlaw introduces some of the possible candidates who might have been the real outlaw, covers the 15th century poems and rhymes that existed, covers his 18th century portrayal as a brutal thug, the Victorian gilding of him as a proper English gentleman, and the Errol Flynnization into an Americanized populist hero. Nothing is forgotten. Nothing is ever forgotten, and you'll find all you could want to know about the outlaw leader here.