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Robin Hood

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Robin Hood is the legendary English outlaw of the Sherwood tradition, celebrated for resistance to corrupt authority and aid to the poor. The Robin Hood tradition became one of England’s most enduring bodies of outlaw legend.

The earliest surviving Robin Hood ballads date from the later Middle Ages and portray a yeoman outlaw rather than the dispossessed nobleman of later retellings; association with Richard the Lionheart, Maid Marian and charitable redistribution developed gradually.

In Angus Donald’s Grail Knight, after past crimes return to threaten his household, Sir Alan Dale faces the possible death of his wife and the vengeance of enemies created during Robin Hood’s rise. In Angus Donald’s Holy Warrior, in 1190, Robin Hood, Alan Dale and their companions join Richard I’s expedition to the Holy Land. Further fictional perspectives on Robin Hood can be found in Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, Angus Donald’s Outlaw, Angus Donald’s Robin Hood and the Caliph’s Gold, and Angus Donald’s Robin Hood and the Castle of Bones.

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Robin Hood (3 series)

The Outlaw Chronicles in Order

by Angus Donald 14 books 4.4(11,844)

The Outlaw Chronicles reimagine Robin Hood as Robert Odo, Earl of Locksley, a charismatic and violent criminal lord remembered by his lieutenant Alan Dale. The original novels carry Alan from his entry into the Sherwood band through the Third Crusade, Richard I’s wars, the loss of Normandy, Magna…

All books in this series

1. The Rise of Robin Hood

First published 2013 · 4.2(507)

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2. Outlaw

First published 2009 · 4.3(1,755)

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3. Holy Warrior

First published 2010 · 4.4(1,029)

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4. The Hostility of Hanno

First published 2013 · 4.1(328)

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5. Robin Hood and the Caliph’s Gold

First published 2020 · 4.5(1,071)

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6. Robin Hood and the Castle of Bones

First published 2021 · 4.3(736)

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7. The Betrayal of Father Tuck

First published 2013 · 4.0(359)

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8. King’s Man

First published 2011 · 4.5(1,019)

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9. Warlord

First published 2012 · 4.5(938)

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10. Grail Knight

First published 2013 · 4.5(960)

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11. The Iron Castle

First published 2014 · 4.5(909)

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12. Robin Hood and the Heretic Prince

First published 2025 · 4.5(250)

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13. The King’s Assassin

First published 2015 · 4.6(1,022)

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14. The Death of Robin Hood

First published 2016 · 4.7(961)

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Hugh Corbett Mysteries in Order

by Paul Doherty 24 books 4.4(54,121)

The Hugh Corbett Mysteries follow a royal clerk, diplomat and Keeper of the Secret Seal from the reign of Edward I into the troubled rule of Edward II. Corbett investigates murders that threaten royal government, foreign negotiations and the security of the crown. His work takes him from…

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1. Satan in St Mary’s

First published 1986 · 4.1(4,821)

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2. Crown in Darkness

First published 1988 · 4.2(2,980)

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3. Spy in Chancery

First published 1988 · 4.3(2,735)

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4. The Angel of Death

First published 1989 · 4.4(1,718)

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5. The Prince of Darkness

First published 1992 · 4.3(3,132)

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6. Murder Wears a Cowl

First published 1992 · 4.4(2,954)

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7. The Assassin in the Greenwood

First published 1993 · 4.4(2,590)

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8. The Song of a Dark Angel

First published 1994 · 4.5(1,563)

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9. Satan’s Fire

First published 1995 · 4.4(2,321)

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10. The Devil’s Hunt

First published 1996 · 4.4(2,807)

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11. The Demon Archer

First published 1999 · 4.4(2,543)

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12. The Treason of the Ghosts

First published 2000 · 4.5(2,742)

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13. Corpse Candle

First published 2001 · 4.4(2,476)

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14. The Magician’s Death

First published 2004 · 4.4(2,517)

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15. The Waxman Murders

First published 2006 · 4.3(2,515)

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17. The Mysterium

First published 2010 · 4.3(2,476)

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18. Dark Serpent

First published 2016 · 4.5(2,526)

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19. Devil’s Wolf

First published 2017 · 4.5(2,185)

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20. Death’s Dark Valley

First published 2019 · 4.5(1,480)

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21. Hymn to Murder

First published 2020 · 4.5(1,324)

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22. Mother Midnight

First published 2021 · 4.5(1,183)

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23. Realm of Darkness

First published 2022 · 4.5(901)

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24. Banners of Hell

First published 2024 · 4.5(798)

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25. Immortal Murder

First published 2025 · 4.5(834)

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Waverley Novels in Order

by Sir Walter Scott 8 books 3.8(119,678)

The Waverley Novels are Walter Scott’s long sequence of historical romances, named after the anonymously published Waverley of 1814. The series moves across Scottish, English and continental European history, placing fictional protagonists between older systems of loyalty and the political, commercial and legal institutions replacing them. Scott’s characters…