• When the evil Sheriff of Nottingham discovers that Robin
• Hood, the popular robber of Sherwood Forest, is really
• the land-owning Robin Fitzooth of Locksley, he devises
• a plan to catch him at his wedding to Marian Fitzwalter.
• But, as always when cornered by the sheriff, Robin uses his
• superior skill and

• When the evil Sheriff of Nottingham discovers that Robin
• Hood, the popular robber of Sherwood Forest, is really
• the land-owning Robin Fitzooth of Locksley, he devises
• a plan to catch him at his wedding to Marian Fitzwalter.
• But, as always when cornered by the sheriff, Robin uses his
• superior skill and cunning to evade capture. However, he
• cannot now return to his lands, and becomes an outlaw.
• He settles in the forest of Sherwood with a band of trusty
• King Richard supports him and restores Robin’s land.
• Richard dies, his brother John ascends to the throne and
• once more Robin finds himself pitted against the sheriff.
• Inevitably he escapes, but not before receiving a mortal
• He dies and is buried in the forest of Sherwood.
• Chapter 1:
• Sir George Gamwell fights against a Norman
• lord who wants his lands. His two sons and his wife are
• killed, leaving him with his only daughter, Joanna. He
• teaches her to defend herself. She falls in love with a
• Norman and, as her father will not accept him, she escapes
• to the forest with him. They have a boy, Robin Fitzooth.
• Joanna teaches her son to live in the forest.
• Chapter 2:
• At twenty-five, Robin is a kind man who
• helps poor villagers. When the Sheriff hears stories about
• a robber called Robin Hood on his lands, he sends one of
• his men in disguise to find out about him. The robber is
• Robin of Locksley. The Sheriff has a plan: he will go to
• Mary’s Abbey the next day with his men and arrest
• Robin before he marries Lady Marian.
• Chapter 3:
• On his wedding day to lovely Lady Marian,
• the Sheriff ’s men interrupt the ceremony and there is a
• fight outside the abbey. Robin now has to hide in the
• forest because the Sheriff knows who he is, but he asks
• Marian to wait for hi