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The gripping third volume of Stephen Lawhead's extraordinary retelling of the Robin Hood legend.
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Driven from their ancestral homeland, outlaw Rhi Bran and his band have made their home in the forest of the March, and are feared by all for their unrivalled skill with the longbow. But they cannot hide forever. Bold action is required, and they are willing to die in order to win peace for the people of Elfael. Bran's companions include the mighty champion Iwan, skilled forester Will Scarlet, rough-and-ready priest Friar Tuck and, new to the band, vagabond minstrel Alan a'Dale. Together they have constructed a desperate plan to rid themselves of the barbarous Ffreinc, led by the malevolent Abbot Hugo and Guy of Gysburne. Severely outnumbered, the band must rely on their wits, their intimate knowledge of the forest, and all their fighting prowess if they are to prevail.
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Format:Paperback
The final part in Lawhead's version of Robin Hood and one that I've long waited for since the previous titles release. What you can guarantee about a Lawhead title is that its well written with breath taking action sequences tied up with a realistic research record that really will make you wonder if he has perhaps uncovered a more realistic Robin Hood than has previously been noted. Perhaps the best way to sum him up is Lawhead is the Young Adult Cornwell. If that isn't high enough praise I don't know what is.
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THE KING RAVEN TRILOGY - HOOD - SCARLET - TUCK
I have been for many years a collector of books and films connected to the Robin Hood legends and so it inevitable that I would eventually read this series although I must admit that I was not particularly fond of Mr. Lawheads previous medieval period novels and the books remained fairly low down my reading list for some time. I was mistaken...this trilogy of novels by Stephen Lawhead is, in my opinion, by far the best of this authors work to date.
The series transposes the idea of the Robin Hood legend into post-Norman Conquest Welsh marches, with the principal characters of Robin, Will Scarlet, Marion, and Friar Tuck,becoming Welsh freedom fighters seeking to purge the marches of the Norman invaders. Certainly not another retelling of the usual Robin Hood legends and tales and featuring none of the traditional stories, these novels have a charm of their own, the writing is easy flowing and the characters pausible, particularly because of their flaws and character failures. The tale is not one of the 'good' forest bandits versus the 'bad' Norman rulers but has a human depth where all of the participants are depicted as sometimes noble and sometimes less so, each somewhat obsessive with their own view of their personal ambitions.
The story line is sound and could have stood alone without the need to borrow the Robin Hood tag...as it is only the character names that have been merged into the story, perhaps this was not Mr Lawheads original intent but an idea from his editor to add marketing value to the trilogy. Never-the-less well worth reading if you are interested in feudal era historical novels particularly as the Marcher wars of the 12th century have been much overlooked in fiction.
I have been for many years a collector of books and films connected to the Robin Hood legends and so it inevitable that I would eventually read this series although I must admit that I was not particularly fond of Mr. Lawheads previous medieval period novels and the books remained fairly low down my reading list for some time. I was mistaken...this trilogy of novels by Stephen Lawhead is, in my opinion, by far the best of this authors work to date.
The series transposes the idea of the Robin Hood legend into post-Norman Conquest Welsh marches, with the principal characters of Robin, Will Scarlet, Marion, and Friar Tuck,becoming Welsh freedom fighters seeking to purge the marches of the Norman invaders. Certainly not another retelling of the usual Robin Hood legends and tales and featuring none of the traditional stories, these novels have a charm of their own, the writing is easy flowing and the characters pausible, particularly because of their flaws and character failures. The tale is not one of the 'good' forest bandits versus the 'bad' Norman rulers but has a human depth where all of the participants are depicted as sometimes noble and sometimes less so, each somewhat obsessive with their own view of their personal ambitions.
The story line is sound and could have stood alone without the need to borrow the Robin Hood tag...as it is only the character names that have been merged into the story, perhaps this was not Mr Lawheads original intent but an idea from his editor to add marketing value to the trilogy. Never-the-less well worth reading if you are interested in feudal era historical novels particularly as the Marcher wars of the 12th century have been much overlooked in fiction.
Format:Paperback
As this review will appear on all Amazon versions of the book eventually, I have some comments on the audio version below. But first the story itself:
Tuck is the third book in Lawhead's "King Raven" series that reimagines Robin Hood in a Welsh historical context. If you found this page first, the series starts with "Hood".
The idea is well researched and well imagined. Lawhead clearly has tremendous feeling for all things Celtic, and writes wonderful historical fiction. He is a master at building stories around injustice and conflict and his battle scenes are fast paced and some of the best action writing out there. Unless you hate historical fiction, you will find plenty to enjoy in this book.
There is a well argued afterword about the historical setting which makes an excellent case for a Welsh Robin Hood, although the impartial observer might suggest that Lawhead's decision to base this novel in Wales was down to his love for celtic culture, as evidenced by most of his other works. Nevertheless, this is an excellent work of fiction which I give 5 stars based on its all round interest. I hope you agree with me.
However, I heard this work first on audiobook. I noticed iTunes selling the audio book for less than the price of the paper one, so decided I would listen to it in the car on long drives. I downloaded the whole trilogy, started playing them, and very nearly crashed!
The narrator, Adam Verner, does the worst narration I have ever experienced. Here is a book set in Wales, with Welsh and English place names, and a pronounciation guide at the back, and the narrator manages to pronounce every single place name and every Welsh word incorrectly. The prounciation guide was totally ignored in books one and two. In this book it is applied occasionaly and inconsistently. The overall reading is terribly sloppy, and had me cringing and at times my blood boiling.
Verner is an American. He attempts a British accent, but does a very poor job of it. Sometimes his accent shows through, and he pronounces all words in the american way. A new addition to the narration of this book over the previous two was his attempt to give an accent to some of his character voices. Unfortunately the only accent he can muster is something akin to Rip Van Winkle's travesty of a cockney accent in Mary Poppins.
Thus we have Welsh characters sounding like Americans pretending to be cockney. The effect was exceedingly distracting. On the plus side he seems to have abandoned his scooby doo character voices in this narration.
All in all though, the narration here would get no stars if I could! But the book gets 5 stars. Just buy it on paper or ebook. If you have any desire to hear the words in this book (English place names too) as they should be pronounced, then do not buy the audio book.
I for one will never by another oasis audiobook again.
I will, however, keep reading and enjoying Stephen Lawhead's books.
Tuck is the third book in Lawhead's "King Raven" series that reimagines Robin Hood in a Welsh historical context. If you found this page first, the series starts with "Hood".
The idea is well researched and well imagined. Lawhead clearly has tremendous feeling for all things Celtic, and writes wonderful historical fiction. He is a master at building stories around injustice and conflict and his battle scenes are fast paced and some of the best action writing out there. Unless you hate historical fiction, you will find plenty to enjoy in this book.
There is a well argued afterword about the historical setting which makes an excellent case for a Welsh Robin Hood, although the impartial observer might suggest that Lawhead's decision to base this novel in Wales was down to his love for celtic culture, as evidenced by most of his other works. Nevertheless, this is an excellent work of fiction which I give 5 stars based on its all round interest. I hope you agree with me.
However, I heard this work first on audiobook. I noticed iTunes selling the audio book for less than the price of the paper one, so decided I would listen to it in the car on long drives. I downloaded the whole trilogy, started playing them, and very nearly crashed!
The narrator, Adam Verner, does the worst narration I have ever experienced. Here is a book set in Wales, with Welsh and English place names, and a pronounciation guide at the back, and the narrator manages to pronounce every single place name and every Welsh word incorrectly. The prounciation guide was totally ignored in books one and two. In this book it is applied occasionaly and inconsistently. The overall reading is terribly sloppy, and had me cringing and at times my blood boiling.
Verner is an American. He attempts a British accent, but does a very poor job of it. Sometimes his accent shows through, and he pronounces all words in the american way. A new addition to the narration of this book over the previous two was his attempt to give an accent to some of his character voices. Unfortunately the only accent he can muster is something akin to Rip Van Winkle's travesty of a cockney accent in Mary Poppins.
Thus we have Welsh characters sounding like Americans pretending to be cockney. The effect was exceedingly distracting. On the plus side he seems to have abandoned his scooby doo character voices in this narration.
All in all though, the narration here would get no stars if I could! But the book gets 5 stars. Just buy it on paper or ebook. If you have any desire to hear the words in this book (English place names too) as they should be pronounced, then do not buy the audio book.
I for one will never by another oasis audiobook again.
I will, however, keep reading and enjoying Stephen Lawhead's books.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
disappointing
don't get me wrong, I like Stephen Lawhead - his earlier books on Atlantis, Arthur and Merlin show him at the top of his game. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Turner
Stirring end to the Raven series
I'd been waiting for Tuck ever since I read Scarlet, and it was worth the wait. The King Raven Trilogy is not so easy a read as Lawhead's previous novels but it is intense and... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Wayne Clarke
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