- Paperback: 244 pages
- Publisher: Mystery Writers of America Presents (December 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0595206433
- ISBN-13: 978-0595206438
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 404 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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About the Author
Clayton Emery grew up playing Robin Hood in the forests of Maine. He's been a blacksmith, dishwasher, schoolteacher, carpenter, zookeeper, farmhand, land surveyor, volunteer firefighter, and award-winning technical writer. He's the author of many "Robin & Marian" mystery shorts and a dozen fantasy-adventures. He counts among his accomplishments once taking tea with the Sheriff of Nottingham.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun!,
By Gillian Polack (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Robin Hood and the Beasts of Sherwood: Clayton Emery's Tales of Robin Hood (Paperback)
While not very historical, this story has a lot of verve. Lots of gore and grue - and some very realistic children. Good plotting, and a very nice interplay between magic and ordinary life.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Robin Hood Recast and Still a Delight,
By Lorna Mittelman (Rochester, New York United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Robin Hood and the Beasts of Sherwood: Clayton Emery's Tales of Robin Hood (Paperback)
_Robin Hood and the Beasts of Sherwood_ is a delightful romp and adventure in still-ancient Sherwood Forest. Emery has woven together many elements, not just from the early Robin Hood tales and their later variants, but also elements of magic and a wonderful rendering of the forest creatures' worlds from their perspectives. There are also stories within stories of Robin Hood in the Holy Land during a Crusade.Robin Hood's world is created here through the lens of modern attitudes and for the most part, the combination succeeds. There is a sense of '60's communal family life with several of the band married and with children, living in cottages but holding the group's goods in common. Tasks are also less rigidly separated by sex. Men do a fair amount of parenting and women are not averse to being crack archers in both contests of skill and actual fighting. Greater issues than simply a plot line are suggested. Robin Hood may often be reminiscent of Peter Pan in Nevernever Land but he is troubled by the extensive authority over this group that its members have accorded him. The only jarring element is the outlaw group's encounter with the king. The action felt too extreme--not in keeping with Robin's equivocal attitude regarding authority. The sheriff of Nottingham also seemed less the traditional enemy and Sir Guy more a blackguard than might be necessary but the overall high quality of the other elements more than outweighs these minor complaints. This is Robin Hood for grownups who have never quite relinquished their childhood.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Emery's Sherwood,
By Edward Pettit (Jenkintown, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Robin Hood and the Beasts of Sherwood: Clayton Emery's Tales of Robin Hood (Paperback)
Come to Sherwood. But beware! Not only may your purse be lightened by outlaws, but the animals too may threaten your life. This is an absolutely wonderful tale of Robin Hood, a book for the general reader as well as the serious Robin Hood scholar. In Emery's novel we are privy to the thoughts of the animals of Sherwood as well as the Merry Men (and Women). The battle scenes are particularly violent (after all, it is set in the Middle Ages) and there is a dose of fairy magic for the fantastically inclined reader. But most of all, this Robin Hood has all the swashbuckling zest of an Errol Flynn movie. The "swinging from the trees" episode is particularly funny. This is the best new Robin Hood tale to be published in quite some time.
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