Brian's Book Blog

Takes the characters of King Richard, Prince John, Robin Hood and Guy of Gisburne, and then turns the normally told version of the tale completely on its head.

This time, Richard and Hood are less than sympathetic characters, working towards their own ends and John and Gisburne are trying to protect the country from their deprivations.

The characters are well written, although some of the flashback scenes that explain Gisburne in more detail can detract from the ongoing story.

There is a good plot to recover a holy relic which is being transferred from the Templars to King Philip of France, and Hood is not the main adversary in this story.

An interesting take on what would normally be a fairly predictable telling of an old story.