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Land of Mist and Magic: The Myths and Legends that Shaped Britain - Hardcover

Parker, Philip

 
9780712355148: Land of Mist and Magic: The Myths and Legends that Shaped Britain
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0712355146 ISBN 13: 9780712355148
Verlag: British Library Publishing, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Britain is a land steeped in legend. From the Scottish Islands to the valleys of Wales, or the coves and inlets of Cornwall, scarcely a hillock, spring or churchyard is without its own story of mythical creatures, magical adventures or glimpses into another world.

Land of Mist and Magic collects and retells these stories of ghosts, fairy changelings and demon dogs deeply embedded in the landscape, together with those of more familiar heroes such as King Arthur, Beowulf and Robin Hood, that lie at the very threshold of recorded history.

With introductory sections setting out the historical background and origin of the myths, the book is composed of beautiful retellings of the stories, illustrated from the British Library's unparalleled collection of manuscripts and printed books. Visually stunning and packed with stirring and surprising tales, Land of Mist and Magic is a treasure-house of the stories that shaped our nation.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specialising in ancient and medieval history as well as cartography. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of The British History Puzzle Book (2021), The Magnificent Maps Puzzle Book (2019), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2016) and The Northmen's Fury (2010).

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Britain is a land steeped in legend. From the Scottish Islands to the valleys of Wales, or the coves and inlets of Cornwall, scarcely a hillock, spring or churchyard is without its own story of mythical creatures, magical adventures or glimpses into another world. Land of Mist and Magic collects and retells these stories of ghosts, fairy changelings and demon dogs deeply embedded in the landscape, together with those of more familiar heroes such as King Arthur, Beowulf and Robin Hood, that lie at the very threshold of recorded history. With introductory sections setting out the historical background and origin of the myths, the book is composed of beautiful retellings of the stories, illustrated from the British Library’s unparalleled collection of manuscripts and printed books. Visually stunning and packed with stirring and surprising tales, Land of Mist and Magic is a treasure-house of the stories that shaped our nation.

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Verlag
British Library Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0712355146
ISBN 13 
9780712355148
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
352
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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