The Lore of the Land A Guide to England's Legends From Spring-Heeled Jack to The Witches of Warboys
Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books, London, 2005
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This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Fine Dust-Jacket.Black cloth with gilt titles to spine.Not price clipped and with NO previous names present.A fascinating county-by county guidebook to the headless horsemen, bottomless pools, immured adulteresses and talking animals that make up the hidden landscape of the country.The book evokes an England terrified by screaming skulls, tantalized by hidden treasure, spooked by the unearthly clanging of bells, bewitched by fairies and hobgoblins.Contains almost every myth, legend and ghost story ever told in England.Superb copy for the collector with the dust-jacket well protected in a cover sleeve.Thick and Heavy book at over 2KG in weight 4to 913pp Illustrated [2005] First Edition 1st Impression.
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- Title
- The Lore of the Land A Guide to England's Legends From Spring-Heeled Jack to The Witches of Warboys
- Author
- Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, London
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0141007117
- ISBN 13
- 9780141007113
- Edition
- First Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 4to
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About the Author
Jennifer Westwood was born in 1940 and studied English language at Oxford, followed by mediaeval Icelandic at Cambridge. A member of the Folklore Society, she has 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) and On Pilgrimage (2003). She belongs to the Henry Doubleday Research Association, the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and the Society of Authors. She lives in rural Norfolk.
Dr Jacqueline Simpson was born in 1930, and studied English Literature and Medieval Icelandic at Bedford College, London University. She has been an active member of the Folklore Society since the 1960s, having served at various times as Editor, Secretary, and President. Her books include Icelandic Folktales and Legends (1971, 2004), The Folklore of the Welsh Border (1976, 2004), British Dragons (1980, 2000), and, jointly with Steve Roud, A Dictionary of English Folklore (2000). She lives in West Sussex.
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