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Old songs : stories of love and death from traditional ballads

Jeffs, Amy2025
Books, Manuscripts
'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.
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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