Best Robin Hood Non-Fiction (18 books)

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Some of the best historical enquiries or analyses of the legend of Robin Hood.

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1		Robin Hood by J.C. Holt 3.71 avg rating — 302 ratings score: 695, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography by Stephen Thomas Knight 3.78 avg rating — 124 ratings score: 494, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Outlaws of Medieval Legend by Maurice Keen 3.85 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 491, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Robin Hood: The Unknown Templar by John Paul Davis (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 483, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Robin Hood Existed by Michael Reuel (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Imagining Robin Hood by A.J. Pollard 3.49 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Robin Hood: The Man Behind the Myth by Graham Phillips (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 376, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Rymes of Robyn Hood: An introduction to the English outlaw by R. B. And J. Taylor Dobson 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Robin Hood: Myth, History & Culture by Nick Rennison 3.62 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Bandits by Eric J. Hobsbawm 3.76 avg rating — 816 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		On the Trail of the Real Robin Hood by Rupert Matthews (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		The Legend of Robin Hood by Richard Rutherford-Moore 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Robin Hood: The English Outlaw Unmasked by David Baldwin 3.29 avg rating — 91 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Robin Hood and the Lords of Wellow by Tony Molyneux-Smith 2.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		The Outlaw Robin Hood: His Yorkshire Legend by Barbara Green 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		The Coterel Gang's Reign of Terror: Lawlessness in Fourteenth Century Derbyshire by Ryan Cudworth (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Robin Hood - The Real Story by Brian Benison 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		Robin Hood: Legend and Reality by David Crook 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

18 books · 13 voters · list created September 17th, 2012 by Blair Hodgkinson (votes) .

Tags: non-fiction, robin-hood

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