Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times is a historical novel by George Payne Rainsford James, the most prolific Victorian imitator of Walter Scott and a hugely popular writer in the 1830s and 1840s. James produced over one hundred novels of historical adventure, set across medieval and early modern Europe, written in the manner Scott had made fashionable. Forest Days is set in medieval England and draws on the Robin Hood tradition.
While James’s reputation faded after his death, his novels offer lively, unpretentious historical entertainment. Download this free EPUB from Better Gutenberg for the complete text.