Results for: books tagged ‘Legends’
Season Songs: Ted Hughes
Over Nine Waves: Marie Heaney
'These legends are the action-packed stories - of ancient heroes, huge battles, attempted invasions, prophecies and spells, clashes between the underworld and the real world, abductions, love affairs and feasts ... More
The Brazen Head: John Cowper Powys
In this panoramic novel of Friar Roger Bacon, John Cowper Powys displays his genius at its most fecund. First published in 1956, this novel, set in thirteenth-century Wessex, is an ... More
A Woman Scorn'd: Edited by Michael Burden
Dido and Aeneas has been one of the most compelling and durable of the great classical myths. The material the story offers has led artists, authors and musicians throughout the ... More
The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables: Robert Henryson / Seamus Heaney
An exciting new translation of a classic poem from the greatest of late medieval Scottish writers by Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney. More
The Anathemata: David Jones
'The Anathemata can scarcely fail to be counted a great book ... It does what Epic is meant to do. It gives a philosophic view, tenable for our times, of ... More
Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy: Andy Briggs
What lies in the depths of the jungle?Escaping a dark secret, Robbie Canler joins an illegal logging team in the Congo jungle. Now they’re under siege from a sinister force. ... More
The Heart of Robin Hood: David Farr
The notorious Robin Hood and his band of outlaws steal from the rich, creating a fearsome reputation amongst those who dare to travel through the mighty forest of Sherwood. But ... More
The Death of King Arthur: Simon Armitage
The Alliterative Morte Arthure - the title given to a four-thousand line poem written sometime around 1400 - was part of a medieval Arthurian revival which produced such masterpieces as ... More