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Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman.
Robin Hood: The Man Behind the Myth.
Published London: Michael O’Mara Books, 2nd impression (previously issued 1995).
ISBN 1854799967;
ISBN-13: 9781854799968.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., St. Ives plc.
Size: 154x239x21mm.
Page count: 185p.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair:  stamped on the title page as "damaged", and with a felt-tip remainder mark on the page edges; some bumps and dinks on the edges of board and spine, not too severe; dustjacket a bit ruffled at the edges, with a few grubby marks; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £5.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 454g.

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Argues for locating the origins of the myth in Yorkshire in the 1320s.

Contents: Legend of Robin Hood; Metamorphosis; Robin of Yorkshire; Lancastrian revolt; Historical setting; Historical Robin Hood; Sheriff of Nottingham; Maid Marian & the Prioress of Kirklees; The outlaws; Fulk Fitz Warine; The white land; The 3rd man.
Appendices: Robin Hood re-created (Dan Shadrake of the re-enactment society Britannia); Nottinghamshire — Robin Hood sites; Nottingham's Robin Hood visitor centre.

Illustrations: 30, monochrome
Maps & plans: 1

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: yes

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