Legend

The Chronicles of Robin Hood #4

by John Bainbridge

An action-packed finale to The Chronicles of Robin Hood.AD 1203. Plantagenet England:

The mighty overlords of Sherwood Forest wage war against the poor and desperate. The Sheriff of Nottingham and Guy of Gisborne impose a vicious tyranny across the shire.Where is Robin Hood, the leader of the outlaws and rebels?

Has he abandoned the persecuted folk of the Forest? As the darkness of winter falls across Sherwood, nobody is sure whether Robin Hood lives or not…Has the revolt against the cruel and powerful overlords been put down at last?

This retelling of the Robin Hood legend takes the tale of the famous outlaw back to its origins in medieval reality and brings the saga to a gripping and bloody conclusion. Men die in battle… but a legend is born.

143 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 9, 2018

About the author

John Bainbridge is the author of the thrillers. The Shadow Of William Quest, Deadly Quest and Dark Shadow, set in the Victorian underworld of the 1850s and Balmoral Kill and Dangerous Game - Golden Age style spy thrillers set in the 1930s.
John has written four historical novels in the series The Chronicles of Robin Hood: Loxley, Wolfshead, Villain and Legend. These take the legendary outlaw back to a gritty medieval reality.
A countryside access campaigner, John also writes non-fiction books about walking in the British countryside, Rambling - Some Thoughts on Country Walking, The Compleat Trespasser, Footloose in Devon, Footloose with George Borrow, and a memoir, Wayfarer's Dole.
He is currently writing a prequel to the William Quest novels.
John's wife, Anne Bainbridge, writes historical detective fiction, the Inspector Abbs Victorian Mysteries and the 1930s-set Inspector Chance Mysteries. Anne's novels were first published under John's name.

John blogs at:
www.johnbainbridgewriter.wordpress.com
www.walktheoldways.wordpress.com

Reviews

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not quite how I thought the series might end but I did like the concept of multiple “Robin Hoods” - individuals inspired by the original character and hungry to take up the fight. The author is absolutely correct as to why this particular character, history and myth continue to capture the popular imagination. As Hamlet stated, “To take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them…”

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have given this a solid 5 stars if the book hasn’t been a third of the length of the other three novels in the series. Seemed like a rush job to round off the story, when there was so much more that could have been said. But it was still a decent read, if only far too short.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another cracking read! John Bainbridge certainly knows his history and this book has a different ending to the usual 'Hollywood' soppy one! This is the 4th and final book in the Chronicles of Robin Hood and I've enjoyed every minute of them!

[Barefoot Gypsy Jimerson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappoint

The series started out strong. But for this reader it fell away as I read on. Not the best I've read.