Robin Hood

by Henry Gilbert

Overview

Robin Hood is the best-loved outlaw of all time.

In this edition, Henry Gilbert tells of the adventures of the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest - Robin himself, Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Alan-a-Dale, as well as Maid Marian, good King Richard, and Robin's deadly enemies Guy of Gisborne and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853261275
Publisher:	Wordsworth Editions, Limited
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Series:	Children's Classics Series
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.77(h) x 0.62(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Henry Gilbert (1868-1937) was a well-loved children's author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and his books continue to be in print over a hundred years after their original publication. He is best known for his historical adventure stories.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Chapter 1 How Robin Became an Outlaw 11

Chapter 2 How Little John Stole the Forester's Dinner, and of His Meeting with Robin Hood 44

Chapter 3 How Robin Fought the Beggar-Spy and Captured the Sheriff 72

Chapter 4 How Robin Hood Met Father Tuck 100

Chapter 5 How By the Help of Robin Hood and Jack, Son of Wilkin, Alan-a-Dale Was Wed to the Lady Alice 122

Chapter 6 How Robin Gave Aid to Sir Herbrand 146

Chapter 7 How Robin Hood Rescued Will Stuteley and Did Justice on Richard Illbeast, the Beggar-Spy 169

Chapter 8 How Robin Hood Slew the Sheriff 199

Chapter 9 King Richard Meets Robin 225

Chapter 10 The Burning of Evil Hold 247

Chapter 11 Of the Death of Robin Hood 266