![]() ![]() A large reward is offered for the capture of Robin Hood, the Sheriff of Nottingham is keen to claim that reward. Robin soon becomes the leader of a band of outlaws known as the Merry Men. It follows the life story of Robin Hood from the time he becomes an outlaw, as a young man during the reign of King Henry II, through to his death in the year 1247. The novel takes place in England in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, mostly in and around Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire and in neighboring counties. ![]() ![]() Pyle weaves material from those various sources together to form a coherent narrative, albeit a highly episodic one. It is based on earlier English folktales about the legendary outlaw Ronin Hood and on the ballads "A Gest of Robyn Hode", "Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar", "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne", "Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow", "Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham", "Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford" and "Robin Hood and Queen Katharine" that date from between the 15th and 18th centuries. It was written and illustrated by the American artist and author Howard Pyle and first published in 1883. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is a children's historical adventure novel of twenty-two chapters. Front cover of a 1946 edition of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. ![]()
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