For many the representations of Robin Hood in the media is all they know of this fascinating legend. For this book, the author began to dig deeper than the picture that media representations present. The result is a comprehensive & beautifully written examination of the Robin Hood myth from the present day back to the medieval period.

Join Dirty Bertie as he finds fame in front of the cameras, gets into a spot of bother on a fishing trip and becomes a modern-day Robin Hood.

What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child??It?s Lee Child.Why would younotread it?? Karin Slaughter?I don't know another author soskilledat making me turn the page? The TimesIn his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what...