King Raven Trilogy: Hood : The Legend Begins Anew (Series #1) (CD-Audio)

from revslick

Finally, a Lawhead book that lives up to his reputation. In Hood, the first book in the King Raven trilogy, Robin Hood is reimagined as Bran, a prince of one of the Welsh districts whose father was just killed by the Normans. He has been driven from his castle and the adventure begins. Lawhead mi...

from Schlyne

I don't really care for the idea of Robin Hood in a more Celtic setting, and I bet most people don't either. In reading the author's notes, you can see why he chose to do so, but Stephen R. Lawhead has a tendency to throw Celtic into most or all of his books anyway.The rest of the story itself re...

from ashooles

Whilst I enjoyed the story of this book, I found it a bit difficult to understand in some places. I found it jumped around a bit too much and took me to almost the end of the book to work out who all the characters were and then even more ones would be introduced. However, the twist in the Robin ...

from Snukes

I really enjoy reimaginings of classic tales, and this one was pretty good. I was more disoriented more by the shift in time period (11th century instead of 12th century) than the shift in location (Whales rather than England), but over all, I thought the alternate setting worked just fine. I lik...

from wings2291

A re-imagined tale of the famous thief and 'rob from the rich, give to the poor' Robin Hood set in Wales instead of the more common England. If you're looking for a more realistic point of view of the classic Robin Hood story versus the Disney portrayal this book definitely delivers. I really do ...