Free Book Friday: Robin Hood and the Heretic Prince giveaway
It’s time for another “Free Book Friday” competition! The winner will receive a FREE signed paperback copy of my brand-new Outlaw Chronicles novel, Robin Hood and the Heretic Prince. This is the 11the novel in my bestselling series and takes place in AD 1209, in Sherwood, London and the south of France.
Unfortunately, this competition can only be for people who live in the UK. It is just too expensive to send copies of the book abroad. And, this time, the game will be a little more challenging, and requires a decent knowledge of the recurring characters in the Outlaw Chronicles.
As fans of the series will know, John Nailor (aka Little John) often enjoys a colourful turn of phrase. He is wont to use expressions such as “God’s great greasy gonads!” and “By Christ’s crusted drawers.” So I would like players in this FBF game to come up with their own crude expressions for Little John to use. Obviously, you cannot use ones, like the above, which have already appeared in my books. Be creative!
These oaths (in the sense of swear-words) were authentically used by medieval people and combined something holy with something quite ordinary and everyday. For example, Richard the Lionheart (below) was fond of saying “By God’s legs!” which was considered a bit racy back in the day. I took this peculiar practice and made it much ruder and gave it to Little John. These saying have become his catch phrases.
So if you want to get a free, signed copy of Robin Hood and the Heretic Prince, come up with a zinger that Little John might say, and send it to me via the Contact tab above. I will judge which one is the best and announce the winner next Friday (July 11th) on this website. If someone writes a REALLY good line, naturally, I will steal it and use it in the final book in the Outlaw Chronicles, Robin Hood and the Holy Grail, which I have yet to write and will probably be out late next year. (No promises, and time permitting.)
If you can’t be bothered to come up with a great line, I am also SELLING signed copies of Robin Hood and the Heretic Prince for a very reasonable £20 a pop (to UK residents). Alternatively, you could just buy a copy from Amazon and hope to catch me when I am out and about and get me to sign it then.
NB, If you desperately want a signed copy and live abroad it is going to cost you an extra £20 or more, say £50 for the USA, but I will have to investigate the exact price with a trip to the Post Office, which takes time and effort (and petrol). Put it this way, nothing is impossible but it won’t be cheap. Talk to me.
By God’s throbbing
dingleburrys has a nice ring to it lol
Good one!
“By Gods great hairy, pimpled arse, Robin.” Swore Little John. A bit of context for you😁
Nice!
“By the god’s festering arse!”
lol