Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood
Publisher: Bracken Books
Published: 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780946495627
Description: The legend lives on. Deep in the sreenwoods, in forest glades dappled with the warm sunshine of romance, dwell Robin Hood and his band of merry men. Tyrants and unscrupulous abbots quake in terror — for these heroes are always at the ready to sally forth and right the wrongs of the world, robbing the rich and giving to the poor. 

Camouflaged in leaf-green, sharpshooters with their longbows, they are daring guerrillas, honest outlaws, bold and brave. Propelled by circumstance and 
that dogged English love of freedom, they wreak vengeance on the cruel, the swindling rich and the grasping clergy, in protection of the common folk. The legendary figure of Robin Hood is the archetypal hero, a medieval superman, whose gallantry, vigour and courage have made him universally popular in fiction, film and song. 

The tales stem from some forty ballads and poems, the core of which have their origins as far back as the fourteenth century. But their historical basis has been lost in the mists of time, and confused by the accretions of imaginative storytellers over the centuries. Links have also been made with characters and spirits of folklore and the supernatural. It is useless to seek further for historical evidence; far better to settle back with this enthralling account of the life and adventures of the outlaws, based upon the ballads — but with all the excitement and romance of a first-class novel. 

First published in 1912, this is a facsimile of one of the finest editions of Robin Hood, for it contains sixteen superb full-colour plates by the celebrated artist, Walter Crane. This prolific designer and painter was pre-eminent as an illustrator of children's books in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and in the first decades of the twentieth; the style of his work was a formative influence on the generations of book artists that followed him. The evocative images of Robin Hood and his companions that illustrate the pages of this book have rarely been equalled for panache and colour. They provide the ideal complement to the charm and adventure of the tales themselves.
Table of contents: label: Chapter I
title: How Robin Became an Outlaw
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter II
title: How Little John Stole the Forester’s Dinner, and of His Meeting with Robin Hood
pagenum: 47; label: Chapter III
title: How Robin Fought the Beggar-Spy and Captured the Sheriff
pagenum: 83; label: Chapter IV
title: How Robin Hood Met Father Tuck
pagenum: 120; label: Chapter V
title: How by the Help of Robin Hood and Jack, Son of Wilkin, Alan-a-Dale Was Wed to the Lady Alice
pagenum: 148; label: Chapter VI
title: How Robin Gave Aid to Sir Herbrand
pagenum: 177; label: Chapter VII
title: How Robin Hood Rescued Will Stutley and Did Justice on Richard Illbeast, the Beggar-Spy
pagenum: 206; label: Chapter VIII
title: How Robin Hood Slew the Sheriff
pagenum: 246; label: Chapter IX
title: King Richard Meets Robin
pagenum: 280; label: Chapter X
title: The Burning of Evil Hold
pagenum: 308; label: Chapter XI
title: Of the Death of Robin Hood
pagenum: 332