Book description
Robin Hood, Maid Marion, Little John, Friar Tuck and the rest of the
Merry Men of Sherwood Forest are all here, in stories packed with
excitement, drama and romance. Antonia Fraser's masterly retelling is a
classic. Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed
historical works, including the biographies MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS (a 40th
anniversary edition was published in May 2009), CROMWELL: OUR CHIEF OF
MEN, KING CHARLES II and THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (CWA Non-Fiction Gold
Dagger; St Louis Literary Award). She has written five highly praised
books which focus on women in history, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMEN'S LOT IN
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND (Wolfson Award for History, 1984), THE
WARRIOR QUEENS: BOADICEA'S CHARIOT, THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, MARIE
ANTOINETTE: THE JOURNEY (Franco-British Literary Prize 2001), which was
made into a film by Sofia Coppola in 2006 and most recently LOVE AND
LOUIS XIV: THE WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF THE SUN KING. She was awarded the
Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. Antonia
Fraser was made DBE in 2011 for her services to literature. Her most
recent book is MUST YOU GO?, celebrating her life with Harold Pinter,
who died on Christmas Eve 2008. She lives in London.
