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8%OFFHugh Lupton - Norfolk Folk Tales (Folk Tales: United Kingdom) - 9780752479422 - V9780752479422
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Norfolk Folk Tales (Folk Tales: United Kingdom)

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Description for Norfolk Folk Tales (Folk Tales: United Kingdom) Paperback. Features folk tales from one of Britain's most ancient counties. Their origins lost in the oral tradition, this title includes thirty stories from Norfolk that reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the county and its people. It is also illustrated with line drawings, that bring alive the landscape of the county's eerie fens and waterways. Series: Folk Tales. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.

Norfolk is steeped in story. Whether we are treading fields, fens, beaches or streets, the landscape is pregnant with secret histories. The collective imagination of countless generations has populated the county with ghosts, saints, witches, pharisees, giants and supernatural beasts. Stories have evolved around historical characters, with Horatio Nelson, Oliver Cromwell, Anne Boleyn, Tom Paine and King Edmund becoming larger than life in folk-memory. This book is a celebration of the deep connection between a place and its people.

Product Details

Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Folk Tales
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752479422
SKU
V9780752479422
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Ref
99-50

About Hugh Lupton
For thirty years Hugh Lupton has been a central figure in the British storytelling revival. He tells myths, legends and folk-tales from many cultures, but his particular passion is for the hidden layers of the English landscape and the stories and ballads that give voice to them. He has written poetry, several collections of folktales, and one novel, The Ballad ... Read more

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