Resultados para "Robin Hood" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Inglaterra, 1193. Mientras el rey Ricardo Corazón de León combate en Tierra Santa por recuperar Jerusalén, su general más leal, Robin de Locksley, es capturado junto a su guardia personal. En los desiertos de la guerra, el hambre, la desesperación y la muerte acechan a los soldados ingleses, devorados por una cruzada que se ha convertido en condena. Lejos del campo de batalla, Inglaterra se desangra. El príncipe Juan, aprovechando la ausencia del rey, impone un régimen de corrupción, miedo y esclavitud que arrastra al reino a la ruina.

No one - friend or foe - has seen Robin Hood for over a year. The Sheriff and Gisborne then capture a hooded figure who could be their sworn enemy.... The last of the outlaws: Little John, Much and Alan A Dale must consider...do they risk everything to rescue this mysterious yet somehow familiar stranger? And if he isn't Robin Hood - then who is he and what is he planning?

Reese investigates corporate fraud and discovers some joker has been giving away free couches to the needy, because when a person can no longer afford the subscription service fees, all their furniture disappears. The bearer of sofas ends up in a ditch when blunt force trauma snuffs out the poor’s best chance of not living in an empty room their whole life. Reese rolls up his sleeves. Time to get to work.

There are few characters in the English language more iconic than Robin Hood. Emerging out of the ballads of the High Middle Ages and surviving through numerous permutations to the present day, the green-clad archer has become an icon. This audiobook profiles the historic figures who scholars speculate may be the person Robin Hood was based on, and explains the origins and evolution of Robin Hood.

It is the event of the century–to be more specific, the 12th century. A no-holds-barred, yet surprisingly civilized political debate for the benefit of the citizens of Sherwood Forest between the Robin Hood of legend and his nemesis, that exemplar of villainy, Prince John. Each candidate will haveth three minutes. You’ll be placing a smart wager if you think the Sheriff of Nottingham just might try to tip the scales in his position as moderator. Let us return to England, birthplace of the system of government we enjoy today, to listen to some very opposing views.

It's all here: the story of how Robin lost his birthright as the King's Ranger at Locksley, his archery feats at Nottingham, the outlaws' war with the Sheriff, Robin's pursuit of Marian, and many tales of bravery, rescue, laughter and rivalry with Little John, Friar Tuck, Allan-a-Dale, Much the Miller, Will Scarlett, and all the others.Now you can have this incomparable story read to you, in a gripping full stereo audio book. The story is adapted from the Paul Creswick text. It is faithful to the entire original story.

Robin of Locksley returns from the Crusades to find his people starving and oppressed by the new Sheriff of Nottingham. Under this tyrannical regime, the slightest crime attracts the heaviest punishment, and dissent is impossible. Robin soon discovers that the only way to reason with the Sheriff is with bow and arrow, even if it means sacrificing his lands and becoming an outlaw. This exciting adventure is read by Richard Armitage, who plays Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood. It also features Robin and his loyal band of brothers, as seen in the hit BBC TV series.

Er ist der Inbegriff des edlen Räubers: Robin Hood bestiehlt die Reichen und beschenkt die Armen. Wo andere ausbeuten, sorgt er für soziale Gerechtigkeit. Hollywood inszenierte ihn als unerschrockenen Helden, aber auch als Blödelmann in Strumpfhosen. Ob es Robin Hood tatsächlich gegeben hat, ist bis heute allerdings umstritten. Fest steht: In Quellen aus dem 13. Jahrhundert tauchen mehrere "Robin Hoods" auf. Vermutlich bezeichnete der Name in England damals schlichtweg verschiedene Gesetzesbrecher. Ein Kult um die Figur entwickelte sich erst später.

Robert of Locksley, the handsome son of a respected earl, has long battled the tyranny of Prince John - a man as weak as he is cruel. Now that power has shifted even more firmly into John's hands, and Robert has no choice but to fight as an outlaw - as Robin Hood. Lady Marian of Ravenskeep has fled into the depths of Sherwood Forest. There, amid wild woods, she will be transformed from lady to warrior - as Robin Hood's partner in stealing John's gold.

I was to save the princess of Sherwood from a tower she was locked in and return her to her parents—the king and queen. I get a tidy sum as payment, and the crown pardons my merry men and me for our past crimes.

Many centuries ago, before Robin, before King Richard and Prince John, before even Herne the Hunter, there was Sherwood Forest. And at the heart of it, mystical paths were drawn together to protect the future. But something or someone in Robin’s time has chosen now to make a stand and destroy the past, the present and the future, with the help of the dragons, the ancient beasts of legend. And it will take a true hero to stop them.

Tundra, now the Queen of the Kingdom of Bargains, while visiting her parents the monarchs of Parking-Lot, received word that her husband King Fantastic was ill and was not expected to survive. She would have to return ready to ascend to the throne if he should succumb.

In this thrilling, gender-swapped Robin Hood reimagining, a beautiful maiden poaches to feed the poor while a handsome forester is on a mission to catch her. A medieval historical romance from New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson. The margrave owns the finest hunting grounds for...