Bows Against the Barons

by Geoffrey Trease

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A young outlaw joins Robin Hood’s band after conflict with the law drives him into the greenwood. The adventure follows raids, pursuit and resistance from the viewpoint of ordinary people exposed to aristocratic violence.

Trease reworks the Robin Hood tradition as social history rather than nostalgic pageantry. The novel established his commitment to energetic historical fiction that questions inherited hierarchies and gives young readers access to the lives of peasants and outlaws.