THE ROBIN HOOD HANDBOOK: THE OUTLAW IN HISTORY,MYTH AND LEGEND.

UK,8vo wraps,s/back original,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - wraps as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic illustrated wraps/covers with green+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.NO reading creases to spine/backstrip. Top edges bright and clean,fore-edges generally bright and clean - but with some light but minimal thumbing; contents though bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation? UK,8vo wraps,s/back original,1st edn,viii-xipp+3-434pp [paginated] includes b/w line illustrated frntis,author's preface, acknowledgements,Pts 1-4,profuse contemporary b/w line illus,reproductions and photographs throughout the text and the book,16pp similar contemporary colour illus, reproductions,photographs etc.,in one block between pp212/13, appendices (3 - b/w maps,a rough chronology life+times of Robin Hood and films of/about Robin Hood),and bibliography.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a contents list/table,b/w line illustrated vignetted Pts+appendices separator pages,and 2pp blanks at rear.
Robin Hood whether riding through the glen,robbing the rich to pay the poor or giving the Sheriff of Nottingham his come-uppance,is one of the most captivating and controversial legendary figures.Was there a historical figure behind the legends? Did Robin and his Merry Men rampage through Sherwood Forest? Or did he spend most of his time in Barnsdale Wood in Yorkshire? And is the story of the freedom-loving Saxons refusing to be put under the Norman yoke,as portrayed in the Errol Flynn films,true?
Mike Dixon-Kennedy ranges far and wide in his quest to present a complete picture of the exploits of this indestructible hero,drawing on ballads,poems,proverbs, films,novels,folklore,musicals and place-names.
The author has a longstanding interest in mythology and legends.
He has developed a database of world mythology and is the author of several books,including 'Heroes of the Round Table',Encyclopedia of Graeco-Roman Mythology' and 'A Companion to Arthurian and Celtic Myths and Legends (Sutton,2004 - see my book ID rja727217).
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