The Adventures of Robin Hood: Illustrated by Walter Crane by Green, Roger Lancelyn

The Adventures of Robin Hood: Illustrated by Walter Crane (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780679436362)

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The Adventures of Robin Hood: Illustrated by Walter Crane by Green, Roger Lancelyn

The Adventures of Robin Hood: Illustrated by Walter Crane

$20.00
The Adventures of Robin Hood: Illustrated by Walter Crane by Green, Roger Lancelyn

The Adventures of Robin Hood: Illustrated by Walter Crane

$20.00
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the English folk hero and medieval outlaw Robin Hood who as legend would have it lived in the days of Richard the Lionheart and Prince John and, with his band of merry men, fought injustice and tyranny. This retelling of the stories, first published in 1956, has become an acknowledged classic: a literary mosaic in which Roger Lancelyn Green has brought together material from the old ballads, romances and plays, as well as retellings of Noyes, Tennyson, Peacock and Scott. "For Robin Hood's is a story that can never die," he wrote, "nor cease to fire the imagination. Like the old fairy tales it must be told and told again -- for like them it is touched with enchantment..."

Author: Roger Lancelyn Green
ISBN-10: 0679436367
ISBN-13: 9780679436362
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Language: English
Published: 09/27/1994
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.32h x 6.44w x 0.88d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.1
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 52301 / Adventures of Robin Hood (Unabridged)
By Roger Lancelyn Green
By Roger Lancelyn Green
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Roger Lancelyn Green (1918-1987) was a biographer of children's writers and a reteller of myths, legends and fairy tales. He was a member of the Oxford literary group the Inklings, along with J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.Walter Crane (1845-1915) designed and illustrated the first successful series of mass-produced color books of high quality. The series began in 1863 and for the next thirty years Crane was pre-eminent as an illustrator. In addition to book illustration, he designed textiles, wallpaper and tapestries, and was a prominent member of the Arts and Crafts Movement.

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