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an anthology of british ballads retold|british ballads
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ballads
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COP=United Kingdom
cross-dressing heroines
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folk music
folk songs
folk tales
Language_English
legends
love stories
lusty pirates
mermaids
mobsters
monsters
mystery
myths
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poem
poetry
Price_€10 to €20
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singers
softlaunch
starmen
storytellers
storytelling
supernatural tales
tales of jealousy
tales of love
tales of murder
vengeful fairy queens
wordsmiths
yarns
Product details
- ISBN 9780750970556
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jun 2017
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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A ballad is a poem or a song that tells a popular story and many traditional British ballads contain fascinating stories – tales of love and jealousy, murder and mystery, the supernatural and the historical. This anthology brings together nineteen original retellings in short story form, written by some of the country’s most accomplished storytellers, singers and wordsmiths. Here you will find tales of cross-dressing heroines, lusty pirates, vengeful fairy queens, mobsters and monsters, mermaids and starmen – stories that dance with the form and flavour of these narrative folk songs in daring and delightful ways. Richly illustrated, these enchanting tales will appeal to lovers of folk music, storytelling and rattling good yarns.
CANDIA MCKORMACK served as editor of Cotswold Life magazine until 2025. A lifelong resident of Gloucestershire, she was born in Stroud and raised in the Severnside village of Saul. In 1989, she and her husband founded the pagan/goth rock band Inkubus Sukkubus, with which she has toured internationally and released 27 studio albums.
