Hodd
By: Adam Thorpe
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780224079433
Subjects: Outlaws; Monks' writings; Historiography; Fiction
Description: Was Robin Hood a good guy or a bad guy? A long-hidden document casts doubt on our pre-conceptions about a medieval folk hero when the written testimony of a monk named Matthew is rescued from a ruined church on the Somme and describes life with the half-crazed, murderous bandit Hodd.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.