On the Trail of the Real Robin Hood

Entertaining yet scholarly account of how an obscure English outlaw has become the star of Hollywood movies, television shows, novels and comics across the world.

Robin Hood is one of the most instantly recognisable figures in world history — but did he ever really exist?

We are all familiar with the tales of a bold outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor. His faithful Merry Men — Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, Much the Miller's Son — are almost as well known as Robin himse...