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The Sherwood Ring

  • 1948 first published
  • 266 pages
  • ★ 3.7 (3 ratings)
  • 7 editions

The Sherwood Ring is a 1948 historical fantasy and ghost story novel by Elizabeth Marie Pope. It takes readers to United States during Revolution, 1775–1783. Readers will find themes of ghosts, orphans and space and time.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 35 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions.

At about 266 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The Sherwood Ring

Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family’s ancestral estate. Her eccentric uncle Enos drives away her only new acquaintance, Pat, a handsome British scholar, then leaves Peggy to fend for herself. But she is not alone. The house is full of mysteries—and ghosts. Soon Peggy becomes involved with the spirits of her own Colonial ancestors and witnesses the unfolding of a centuries-old romance against a backdrop of spies and intrigue and of battles plotted and foiled. History has never been so exciting—especially because the ghosts are leading Peggy to a romance of her own!
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Ghosts
  • Orphans
  • Space and time
  • Children's fiction
  • Fantasy fiction
  • United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783
  • Ghost stories
  • Mystery

Quick answers

Who wrote The Sherwood Ring?

The Sherwood Ring was written by Elizabeth Marie Pope and first published in 1948.

What genre is The Sherwood Ring?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy and Ghost Stories.

How long is The Sherwood Ring?

The median edition has 266 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Sherwood Ring?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Revolutionary War on Wednesday and Written in My Own Hearts Blood.

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