“ Hood is rich in the historical and sensory details Lawhead’s readers expect.” — Aspiring Retail “[T]he narrative has the excitement of a fantasy novel, a vivid historical setting, and a lengthy, credible, and satisfying plot —just the right elements, in fact, that have made Lawhead a . In HOOD's appendix, Stephen R. Lawhead justifies the transfer of the Robin Hood legend from Nottingham to Wales. Tame forests of England offered no place for outlaws to hide, whereas forests in Wales were wild. The Britons of Wales fought expertly as guerillas, and they mastered the longbow before Angles and Saxons. It's a convincing argument/5(). · Stephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. His novels include Hood, Book One in the King Raven Trilogy, Patrick, The Song of Albion trilogy, the. Dragon King trilogy and The Pendragon Cycle series. Lawhead makes his home in Oxford, England, with his bltadwin.ru: Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
― Stephen R. Lawhead, quote from Hood "When iniquity sits in the judgement seat, good men must take their appeals to a higher court." ― Stephen R. Lawhead, quote from Hood "May you always have ale enough to wet your tongues, wit enough to know friend from foe, and strength enough for every fight.". The King Raven Trilogy is a series of historical novels by American writer Stephen R. Lawhead, based on the Robin Hood legend. Lawhead relocates Robin Hood from Sherwood Forest in Nottingham to Wales, and sets the story in the late eleventh century, after the Battle of Hastings and to coincide with the Norman invasion of Wales and the struggles the Cymry (Welsh) people against the Normans, and. Video presenting the book. For centuries, the legend of Robin Hood and his band of thieves has captivated the imagination. Now the familiar tale takes on new.
He was given an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in the year by University of Nebraska. In , he won Chrsty’s Visionary Fiction Award for “Scarlet”, a novel that retells Robin Hood’s story and puts it in Wales. Book Series In Order» Authors» Stephen R. Lawhead. Stephen Lawhead has created all his life. Born in Kearney, Nebraska in , he entertained his younger brother and sisters with amazing tales and sleight-of-hand magic tricks. Later he learned to play electric guitar and played in not-bad bands through university and beyond. “ Hood is rich in the historical and sensory details Lawhead’s readers expect.” — Aspiring Retail “[T]he narrative has the excitement of a fantasy novel, a vivid historical setting, and a lengthy, credible, and satisfying plot —just the right elements, in fact, that have made Lawhead a commercial success time and again.”.
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