Celtic Fairy Tales is for the young and old alike. There are twenty-six captivating tales filled with magic, charm, adventure, and humour. The stories were collected from Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Ireland over a hundred years ago by folklorist Joseph Jacobs, and assembled into this unique anthology. But be warned, not every story has a happy ending. This copy also has fifty-seven original illustrations by John D. Batten that follow the story line.
Tales included:
- Connla and the Fairy Maiden
- Guleesh
- The Field of Boliauns
- The Horned Women
- Conall Yellowclaw
- Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary
- The Shepherd of Myddvai
- The Sprightly Tailor
- The Story of Deirdre
- Munachar and Manachar
- Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree
- King O'Toole and his Goose
- The Wooing of Olwen
- Jack and his Comrades
- The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire
- The Story-Teller at Fault
- The Sea-Maiden
- A Legend of Knockmany
- Fair, Brown and Trembling
- Jack and his Master
- Beth Gellert
- The Tale of Ivan
- Andrew Coffey
- The Battle of the Birds
25.Brewery of Eggshells - The Lad with the Goat-Skin
Highlights of this edition are:
* 57 hand drawn original illustrations.
* A free web link to 26 audio files to listen to the whole book. (The audio links only work on Kobo’s Android and iOS apps).
* It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your kobo reader.
* An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the kobo menu.
* Plus About the Author Section.
* 314 pages (in the kobo format) for a very low price.
This book is unabridged, and appears as it was first intended with fifty-seven original hand-drawn illustrations by John D. Batten.
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