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SummaryA historically-based Welsh retelling of Robin Hood.
StatsGenre: Adult Historical/Legend
Series length: Three books Violence: Moderately strong violence, in accordance with the historical era Magic/Supernatural: A few light, borderline elements Romance: Moderate, with a few sexual references, nothing overly explicit Christian/spiritual element: Subtle until book 3, in keeping with the Christian beliefs of the time period Recommendation: Readers of legends and those who want descriptive and sweeping historicals (like Ken Follet or Jame Mitchner) on a smaller scale You might like this book if you liked... Robin Hood or the works of Ken Follet or James Mitchner |
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The pig was young and wary, a yearling boar timidly testing the wind for strange scents as it ventured out into the honey-coloured light of a fast-fading day. Bran ap Brychan, Prince of Elfael, had spent the entire day stalking the greenwood for a suitable prize, and he meant to have this one. |
Hood (King Raven, Book 1)
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So, now. One day soon they hang me for a rogue. Fair enough. I have earned it a hundred times over, I reckon, and that's leaving a lot of acreage unexplored. The jest of it is, the crime for which I swing is the one offence I never did do. The sheriff will have it that I raised rebellion against the king. I didn't. |
Scarlet (King Raven, Book 2)
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King William stood scratching the back of his hand and watched as another bag of gold was emptied into the ironclad chest: one hundred solid gold byzants that, added to fifty pounds in silver and another fifty in letters of promise to be paid upon collection of his tribute from Normandie, brought the total to five hundred marks. "More money than God," muttered William under his breath. "What do they do with it all?" |
Tuck (King Raven, Book 3)
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