The Friar's Tale: A Novel of Robin Hood

Synopsis

The King is off on Crusade. The country is being bled dry. Between high taxes and the Forest Laws, a strained people teeter on the edge of revolt. Outlaws walk the woods. And a wandering friar, trying only to contemplate God … or more accurately, to find the best beer … becomes caught up in all of it, whether he will or no. And what he finds at its heart is the voice of a goddess, the call of the greenwood, and a man who might well become a legend. The tale of Robin Hood is one we all know. Or do we? The author, a Nottingham native, takes the familiar and weaves ideas of her own into a story that mingles history and folklore, and focuses on one of the more fascinating characters from the story, a man that is often seen as the caricature of the jolly friar. This is the tale of Robin Hood, but more than that, it is the tale of England … and the tale of Friar Tuck.