This handsome hardback edition presents Yeat''s enthralling tales from Ireland''s oral history, with delightful illustrations, gilded page edges and a striking gold-embossed cover design.

One of Ireland''s greatest writers, the Nobel-prize winner W. BYeats was fascinated by the myths and folklore of his native country. Compiled by Yeats in 1892, these stories were collected around the country by a variety of historians, including Lady Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde.

Within these pages, you''ll discover tales of greedy sons who get their comeuppance, canny priests, evil witches and demons alongside legends of heroic kings, giants and, of course, the good folk themselves - the fairies, the leprechauns and the cluricaunsBy turns charming and scary, these are yarns that have passed down through generations and which are still as entertaining and magical as when they were first recalled.

This cloth-look hardback edition features beautiful illustrations, ivory pages and patterned endpapers, making a wonderful gift or keepsake for any literature lover

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Gilded Classics series presents luxury gift editions of classics works, printed on opulent ivory paper, featuring hardcover Wibilin binding, foil-embossed cover designs, beautifully designed end-papers and gilded page edgesThese make perfect collectibles for lovers of classic literature.

Format Inbunden Omfång 384 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Arcturus Publishing Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2022-11-30 ISBN 9781398819269