This wonderful set of fairy tales
features stories and legends from the different counties of England and wraps
them up so beautifully in illustrations that steal right into your heart,
awakening long forgotten memories of ghosts and dragons, witches and forbidden
forests.
Overall, there are fifteen
English folklore tales, some as familiar as Jack and the Giant Killer from
Cornwall, through to the less well known but equally inspiring Devil's Bargain
from my own county of Lancashire.
All the stories are equally
delightful and the extensive notes and sources at the end of the book give the
history of the legend and its source in other literature.
There is something magical about
fairy tales and curling up with a sleepy child to discover a world of mysticism
and magic is a joy to be treasured.
My thanks to NetGalley and Anova Books for my copy of this book.
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