- 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
- 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