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California-born Sam Sackett holds a Ph.D. in English from UCLA. After 23 years of teaching in a state university in the Midwest, during which he published a collection of folklore, a translation of a Flemish novel, and a critical study of E.W. Howe, Sackett burned out. He left teaching and worked for a while for a newspaper, then an advertising agency, and finally a public relations firm.
Having thus become an expert on career change, Sackett moved into career management, eventually becoming the vice president of the Oklahoma City office of a national career management firm. He retired in Thailand, where he wrote textbooks designed to help Thais prepare for English tests, in addition to fiction.
Now Sackett has returned to the United States. He lives in Oklahoma with his wife, Suwapee.
Reviewed by Alice DiNizo for Readers' Favorite
It is quite obvious that author Sam Sackett has made an in-depth study of the many varied tales and ballads of the famed legendary outlaw, Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest, for he has created a first-rate fictional version of of Robin Hood that is really unforgettable. Sackett takes the reader through thirty years of Robin Hood's life. During those thirty years he serves English king after king and deals with sheriff after sheriff of Nottingham forest and always comes home, sometimes after an aside or two, to his beloved wife Matilda. The history of England and its kings, including the Black Prince, is well-incorporated into this book and Sackett gives the reader an amusing look at Robin Hood's band of merry men, including a runaway cook and priest.
The language of that time, the 1400's, is incorporated into the dialogue among characters but, to the author's credit, it is totally understandable. The humor in "The Robin Hood Chronicles" will have the reader laughing as on page 55 Will Scarlock mentions a bridge in London he'll sell if Little John believes in the Sheriff of Nottingham. Don't miss this gem of a historic retelling! "The Robin Hood Chronicles" is a gem of a book with great characterization and a plot that flows smoothly to the end where Robin Hood dies of the Black Plague and the reader will feel sorrow for losing this colorful character. Robin Hood, warts and all, comes alive in this story as do his band of Merry Men, the Nottingham Sheriffs, and the varied English royal figures, Sir Richard de la Legh and the infamous Roger de Mortimer. Sam Sackett has done his research and then has given the reader an unforgettable book. Write some more, please, Mr. Sackett!
