Gods and Fighting Men by Lady I. A. Gregory, Fiction, Fantasy, Literary, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Softcover

Gregory, Lady I. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603123903 ISBN 13: 9781603123907

Publisher: Aegypan, 2007

Synopsis

From the battles of Nuada, king of the Tuatha de Danaan, to the arrival of St. Patrick, Lady Gregory presents the great tales of Ireland, telling them faithfully with the voice of the Irish countryside -- in "the manner of the thatched houses."

In the woods of Slieve Bladhma a boy was reared in secrecy, and taught the skills of the woods and the court. In his travels he met many friends, and many enemies -- above all the magical Aillen, chief of the Sidhe of Beinn Boirche . . . whose defeat might gain the young Finn, the Fair, his rightful place, as a king, a seer, and a poet!

About this title

Synopsis:

The Gods return to a divine country ...In the woods of Slieve Bladhma a boy was reared in secrecy, and taught the skills of the woods and the court. In his travels he met many friends, and many enemies -- above all the magical Aillen, chief of the Sidhe of Beinn Boirche ...whose defeat might gain the young Finn, the Fair, his rightful place, as a king, a seer, and a poet! From the battles of Nuada, king of the Tuatha de Danaan, to the arrival of St. Patrick, Lady Gregory presents the great tales of Ireland, telling them faithfully with the voice of the Irish countryside -- in "the manner of the thatched houses."

About the Author:

Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852 - 1932) was an Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre and wrote numerous short works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books of retellings of stories taken from Irish mythology. Born into a class that identified closely with British rule, her conversion to cultural nationalism, as evidenced by her writings, was emblematic of many of the political struggles to occur in Ireland during her lifetime.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aegypan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1603123903
• ISBN 13: 9781603123907
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408