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| The Kingdom of England, Advent, 1199: | |
| Brother Michael Tuck is expelled from
Fountaindale Abbey for a crime of charity. Surviving in the wilderness on only his wits and prayers, the cosseted monk nurtures a new faith in his heart. |
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| Castle Loxley, Midsummer's day, 1200: | Veteran of the Lionheart's last Crusade, Earl Robert
of Loxley is arrested by the Sherriff of
Nottingham for refusing to pay King
John's new taxes. Robert escapes on horseback into Sherwood Forest,
stripped of his title and lands. The lost Earl meets the wandering monk by a stream deep in the greenwood, and a legend is born. |
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