- Published: 15 June 2010
- ISBN: 9780099503668
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $28.99
Hodd
- Published: 15 June 2010
- ISBN: 9780099503668
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $28.99
Adam Thorpe's novel is richly enjoyable on many levels...no prior knowledge of the Robin Hood legend is necessary to appreciate the lustrous prose, the humanity and the exuberant inventiveness of this strange and lovely book
Jane Shilling, Daily Telegraph
A tour de force around an elusive thirteenth-century figure who may, or may not, have been the original fantasy Robin Hood we think we know and love. Let's hope this year's Booker lot are up to estimating this wonderfully subtle and layered book at its true worth
Gillian Tindall, Literary Review
A fascinating and complex novel - as remarkable in its way as Ulverton
Henry Power, Times Literary Supplement
Extraordinary narrative...gripping and unrelenting in its remarkable portrayal of the underside of medieval society...no-one who reads this will think of Robin Hood and his merry men in quite the same way again
Allan Massie, The Scotsman
A testament to Thorpe's talent as a storyteller... Medieval England, in all its brutality, is brought vividly to life by Thorpe's insight and impressive scholarship
Francesca Segal, Observer