Old songs : stories of love and death from traditional ballads
Jeffs, Amy2025
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Place reservation for Old songs : stories of love and death from traditional ballads'Old Songs' fuses short stories, histories, lyrics and illustrations in an enthralling reimagining of traditional folk ballads. Historian Amy Jeffs and illustrator Gwen Burns combine forces to create a rich compendium, singing of travel, mystery, magic and the essential urges of humanity. Featuring iterations of fairy tales and sinister descendants of Greek myths and bible stories, as well as a cast of lesser-known characters with names like Tam Lim, Child Wynd and Maisery, 'Old Songs' threads a tapestry of Britain's landscape, history and cultures.
Main title:
Old songs : stories of love and death from traditional ballads / Amy Jeffs, Gwen Burns.
Author:
Jeffs, Amy, authorBurns, Gwen, illustrator
Imprint:
London : riverrun, 2025.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781529438741 (hbk)
Dewey class:
398.20941398.2094398.2
LC class:
GR141
Local class:
398.209
Language:
English
BRN:
4250620
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