Heir of Locksley

Outlaw's Legacy Book One

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Pub Date 01 Dec 2016 | Archive Date 13 Oct 2017

Description

An original retelling of the Robin Hood legend

Robin of Locksley is a rebel, more comfortable roaming Sherwood Forest with his longbow and courting the village girls than learning how to run a manor.

An innocent flirtation with a peasant girl soon lands Robin in trouble, and worse, he finds himself inexplicably attracted to Will Scathelock, his best friend since childhood. Robin must decide whether to follow the rules of society or his own conscience.

Meanwhile, his neighbour, Guy of Gisborne, is anxious to get his hands on the Locksley estate and he will do anything to make it happen - even murder.

The first book in a major new series with a completely original new look at the legendary outlaw.

An original retelling of the Robin Hood legend

Robin of Locksley is a rebel, more comfortable roaming Sherwood Forest with his longbow and courting the village girls than learning how to run a manor.

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ISBN 9781786450807
PRICE £10.99 (GBP)

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"Heir of Locksley" is a solid reimagining of the beginnings of the Robin Hood legend. I thought that the depiction of Robin's childhood was really well done and the novel did a great job establishing his characters. The villainous characters were also rather well done and I look forward to seeing how their relationship with Robin develops in the next part.

The romantic relationships seem somewhat rushed at times and I would have liked to see some more scenes between Robin and Will to really establish their friendship, but overall the relationships between the characters were all really well done.

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Heir of Locksley is the first installment in the Outlaw's Legacy. It tells the story of Robin of Lockley's early years beginning with his birth and ending with him about to head off to the Crusades. During this time, he adopts the well known identity of Robin Hood. Because this book starts so early in the characters' life, readers are given more insight into what made Robin of Locksley become Robin Hood. This includes not only his struggles with his father, but also his rivalry with Guy of Gisborne. Other infamous characters from the Robin Hood story also make an appearance. I just recently started reading books about Robin Hood and so far, the ones I have come across have a bit too much romance between Robin Hood and Maid Marian. This one was the exception to the rule. I thought it did the story justice with it's approach to class struggles and action sequences. The story does include a light sprinkling of romance, to include elements of homosexuality (no action, all feelings). I felt this part of the story could have been approached a bit better because it was really unclear to me why the author would choose to have Robin feel certain things for Will but yet not really develop the sexual chemistry between Robin and Lucy. Regardless, I liked the writing style and I definitely plan to read the next installment in this series.

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I always love a good Robin Hood type story. Such fantasy and daydreams abound. This was a new take on an old classic, with a bit of a twist. It shows how trying to conform to society and deny yourself can lead to all sorts of undesirable consequences, but can also bring out things you didn't know were possible.

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Heir Of Locksley by N.B. Dixon
This historical story is of the famous character Robin Hood. The interesting difference in this storyline is that it goes back through Robin’s childhood and brings to life what made Robin of Locksley into Robin Hood. This is a story full of suspense, adventure, emotional heartbreak, empathy, danger,
Intrigue, murder, and the experience of different kinds of love and loss.
Content Note: The author explored the deep relationship feelings between Robin and his best friend Will. However, a GLBT romance was not developed beyond thinking about feelings. This book was very tastefully written and did not contain crewed or over descriptive scenes.

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