The Assembly of the Severed Head: A Novel of the Mabinogi

Lupton, Hugh

ISBN 10: 0992946050 / ISBN 13: 9780992946050

Published by Propolis, 2018

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Assembly of the Severed Head: A Novel of the Mabinogi
• Publisher: Propolis
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0992946050
• ISBN 13: 9780992946050
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Good

About this title

Synopsis

A small monastic outpost in 13th Century Wales is rocked to its core when a gruesome discovery is made on the nearby shoreline: a severed human head. It's the first of several to wash up along the surrounding coast, and not long after, the holy brothers stumble across the smouldering ruins of a bardic school with a pile of decapitated bodies inside. Only one survivor, barely alive, is found hiding nearby. He is Cian Brydydd Mawr, the greatest bard of his age, who holds in his head the four `branches' of an ancient, epic Welsh myth cycle: The Mabinogion. Physically weak but strong willed, he asks the monks to put aside their rigid Christian doctrine and commit his oral tales to parchment - before the stories of spirits and shape-shifters, giants and time-travellers, curses and spells, are lost forever...

About the Author

Hugh Lupton, one of the most prominent figures in the Oral Storytelling Tradition, is an internationally renowned performer, song-writer and novelist.