Robin Hood! And if you're going there, then "Ivanhoe" is great fun, too.
I was also a big fan of the Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard, who wrote boys' adventure fiction. If you've seen one of the movie/TV adaptations of "King Solomon' Mines," then you know Haggard (even if you don't know you know him!). The other story of his I LOVE is "She," as in "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed," which was lifted from Haggard, too. There are some marvelous female characters in it, though it's definitely appealing to boys. It was going to be the centerpiece of my dissertation that never was.
Haggard can be a bit slow to get into, but he's a rollicking good time once he gets going! High adventure!
