The Fabled Coast: Legends & Traditions from Around the Shores of Britain & Ireland
An exploration of the legends and traditions from Britain's coasts, from 2 renowned folklorists. Includes 'Jack the Painter', whose chains may be heard rattling in Portsmouth Harbour, and why Scottish Highlanders believed that seals were enchanted royalty.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84794-632-4
- EAN: 9781847946324
- Produktnummer: 12501749
- Verlag: Random House Uk
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Masse: H25.2 cm x B16.7 cm x D5.1 cm 1'017 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 1017
Über den Autor
SOPHIA KINGSHILL is the author of a previous book with Jennifer Westwood, The Lore of Scotland, which was published by Random House in 2009. She also writes for the theatre, and her plays have been performed in Scotland, England, and Norway. JENNIFER WESTWOOD was born in 1940 and studied English Language at Oxford, followed by Medieval Icelandic at Cambridge. A long-time member of the Folklore Society, she served as editor of FLS Books and also the journal Folklore. Her books include Albion: A Guide to Legendary Britain (1985), Gothick Cornwall (1992), Lost Atlantis (1997), On Pilgrimage (2003), The Lore of the Land (2005, with Jacqueline Simpson), and The Lore of Scotland (2009, with Sophia Kingshill). When she died in 2008, she left a wealth of material for her most cherished project, a collection of British sea and coastal legend, which is embodied in this book.
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