Ballad tales : an anthology of British ballads retold
2017
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This anthology brings together 19 original retellings in short story form, written by some of the country's most accomplished storytellers, singers and wordsmiths. Here you will find tales of cross-dressing heroines, lusty pirates, vengeful fairy queens, mobsters and monsters, mermaids and starmen - stories that dance with the form and flavour of these narrative folksongs in daring and delightful ways.
Main title:
Ballad tales : an anthology of British ballads retold / foreword by Candia McKormack ; edited by Kevan Manwaring.
Author:
Manwaring, Kevan, editor
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2017.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780750970556 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
259196
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