But now, like all unmarried young ladies of fortune, she is made the ward of King Richard the Lionheart. Marian is left alone again'a widow who has never been a bride. But when she is seventeen, Lord Hugh, whom she hasn't seen in years, dies under mysterious circumstances. The author of The Blue Sword retells the adventures of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws who live in Sherwood Forest in twelfth-century England.Īn orphan and heiress to a large country estate, Marian Fitzwater is wed at the age of five to an equally young nobleman, Lord Hugh of Sencaster, a union that joins her inheritance to his. The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley ( see also our list of Rapunzel retellings) All blurbs taken from Amazon/Book Depository cover images from Book Depository. Ive rounded up some of the most likely contenders, but if you have any youd like to add, feel free to let me know in the comments below. The Robin Hood myth has always held a special place in my heart (in part because Im a poor author and hope that someday someone will redistribute the wealth of the rich to me, and in part because I have a thing for men in tights), and given the recent spate of folkloric/fairytale retellings, I thought Id see just how many Robin Hood retellings were out there.
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