Outlaw, Angus Donald
Outlaw, Angus Donald
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Outlaw

Author: Angus Donald

Narrator: Graham Padden

Unabridged: 13 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2011


Synopsis

When he's caught stealing, young Alan Dale is forced to leave his family and go to live with a notorious band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest.

Their leader is the infamous Robin Hood. A tough, bloodthirsty warrior, Robin is more feared than any man in the county. And he becomes a mentor for Alan; with his fellow outlaws, Robin teaches Alan how to fight - and how to win.

But Robin is a ruthless man - and although he is Alan's protector, if Alan displeases him, he could also just as easily become his murderer....

From bloody battles to riotous feast days to marauding packs of wolves, Outlaw is a gripping, action-packed historical thriller that delves deep into the fascinating legend of Robin Hood.

About Angus Donald

Angus Donald was born in 1965 and educated at Marlborough College and Edinburgh University. He has worked as a fruit-picker in Greece, a waiter in New York and as an anthropologist studying magic and witchcraft in Indonesia. For twenty years, he was a journalist in Hong Kong, India, Afghanistan and London. He is married to Mary, with whom he has two children, and he now writes full time from home in Tonbridge, Kent.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on April 30, 2021

I have loved the legend of Robin Hood since I was 6. In this splendid historical thriller the author presents a new take on the famous outlaw-a cunning thief, a ruthless enemy who mutilates and executes informants and enemies But he is not an evil man in my estimation, and does what he has to do to......more

Goodreads review by Jim on December 01, 2024

This is an original version of Robin Hood, no Kevin Costner or Errol Flynn (or John Cleese) here. This is a darker Robin Hood, who can be cruel and brutal. I think this fits in better with the brutal world of 12th Century England, a land oppressed by what was still considered to be a foreign occupat......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on December 07, 2013

This is a sort of...."hummm, interesting"....take on the Robin Hood legend. The author takes some time "afterward" to discuss this and why he writes what he writes. This is a good book. It's a somewhat new angle to take on the legendary character. he's more bitter in some ways definitely a disillusio......more

Goodreads review by Mark on July 31, 2017

There is nothing subtle or clever here just a thunderous good adventure as Alan Dale hides with Robin Hood, John, Tuck and Marie-Anne against all the evil doers of Nottingham. Lots of battles, scandal and debauchary and huge piles of great fun. Perfect antedote to some more cerebral reads I have rec......more