Tomlinson's Maid Marian, born Mary de Holt, orphaned at a young age and reared by her cruel and tyrannical uncle, Lord Everett de Holt, has been promised in marriage to Gerard de Broat, an old man whom she does not love. Mary and her nursemaid Agnes arrive in Sherwood Forest, escaping from a life they can no longer bear. They hope to seek refuge with the Forestwife, only to find her dead. Although the Forestwife has died, the role of the Forestwife (and the need for her) has not. So it is that Agnes assumes the mantle of healer. This begins Mary's apprenticeship in the art of herbal healing and caring for others. The reader watches as an ignorant, naive, frightened, and somewhat selfish girl running away from an oppressive patriarchy becomes Marian the Green Lady of the Woods and finally—as her...