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Book Review of The Outlaws of Sherwood

The Outlaws of Sherwood
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I've read the "original" novel by Pyle, and several adaptations. I've see seen several "Robin Hood" movies and liked the Errol Flynn version best. I approached this book with the feeling that it may not offer much. I was wrong.

I finished it in about 24 hours. It is very different than other book, TV and movie versions, and, in many ways, more realistic.

One interesting aspect of the book was that, even though the characters spoke in modern English, the way they spoke it gave you the feeling that they really did live in the 12th century.