The true story of Robin Hood - retold by bestselling author Mac P. Lorne. How it all began! The spectacular start of the series about the master of thieves. Fast-paced and thoroughly researched by bestselling author Mac P. Lorne. England 1110 - The young guard Robert Fitzooth is appointed as the personal bodyguard of Princess Matilda of England, who is to marry the German King Henry V. By her side, he crosses the Alps, reaches Rome, becomes embroiled in the conflict between the Emperor and the Curia, and must fight in a decades-long civil war. Yet he also finds the love of his life, and his grandson will one day bear a name known to the whole world - Robin Hood. Mac P. Lorne impressively guides the reader through 12th century Europe, to the courts of emperors and popes, into the huts of ordinary people, and deep into Sherwood Forest.