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A review by eososray
Outlaw by Angus Donald
3.0
With a subtitle like 'meet the godfather of Sherwood forest', it was almost impossible for me not to read this book.
Alan Dale is both the main character and the narrator. The story starts when Alan is 13 years old, he's taken to thieving to ease his mothers burden as his father had been hanged 4 years previous. All the usual Robin Hood characters are present, Friar Tuck, Little John, Will Scarlet and Guy of Gisborne.
The story is far more brutal than the fairy tale versions I am used to. Robin is presented as a far more ruthless man, as the title suggests, more of a gang leader than the merry outlaw of the movies. I found the change quite interesting and it felt like the author was attempting a more realistic version of events. The many references to the young man's "prick" were mostly unnecessary, especially in the details provided. On the whole it was a nice change from the romanticized version of the Robin Hood story.
Alan Dale is both the main character and the narrator. The story starts when Alan is 13 years old, he's taken to thieving to ease his mothers burden as his father had been hanged 4 years previous. All the usual Robin Hood characters are present, Friar Tuck, Little John, Will Scarlet and Guy of Gisborne.
The story is far more brutal than the fairy tale versions I am used to. Robin is presented as a far more ruthless man, as the title suggests, more of a gang leader than the merry outlaw of the movies. I found the change quite interesting and it felt like the author was attempting a more realistic version of events. The many references to the young man's "prick" were mostly unnecessary, especially in the details provided. On the whole it was a nice change from the romanticized version of the Robin Hood story.