Kingshill, Sophia: The Fabled Coast

Legends and Traditions from around the Shores of Britain and Ireland popis: Was there ever such a beast as the monstrous Kraken? Did a Welsh prince discover America centuries before Columbus? What happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste?
With its pirates and smugglers, ghost ships and sea-serpents, fishermen's prayers and sailors' rituals, the coastline of the British Isles plays host to an astonishingly rich variety of folklore. In The Fabled Coast renowned folklorists Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood gather the most enthralling of these tales and traditions, tracing their origins and examining the facts behind the legends. The result is an endlessly fascinating and often surprising journey through our island history.
autor/autori: Kingshill, Sophia; Westwood, Jennifervydal: Arrow Books, 2014číslo produktu: 10209985dodanie: v SR: od 2 €, pri objednávkach cez obooks.sk osobný odber 2x Bratislava (0 €), na 500+ PickUp pointoch (od 2 €) ; v ČR: dodanie od 75 Kč a osobný odber v 2000+ miestach; v EU a svet: platba vopred, poštovné podľa váhypoznámka: Fotografia je ilustračný obrázok, použitý produkt môže vykazovať známky menšieho, alebo väčšieho použitia, nemusí mať prebal ak ho mal pri výrobe, prílohy a odnímateľné časti. Poskytujeme plnú záruku na vnútro knihy, t.j. je prevedená ručná kontrola chýbajúcich strán a ich čistoty.

Legends and Traditions from around the Shores of Britain and Ireland popis: Was there ever such a beast as the monstrous Kraken? Did a Welsh prince discover America centuries before Columbus? What happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste?
With its pirates and smugglers, ghost ships and sea-serpents, fishermen's prayers and sailors' rituals, the coastline of the British Isles plays host to an astonishingly rich variety of folklore. In The Fabled Coast renowned folklorists Sophia Kingshil...