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- ISBN 9781806770168
- Weight: 200g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 06 Nov 2025
- Publisher: Wilton Square Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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‘A landmark in the modern storytelling revival’ Professor Ronald Hutton
For more than forty years, Hugh Lupton has been one of Britain's most celebrated storytellers, bringing myths, legends and folktales from around the world to audiences of all ages. In Unriddling the World, he gathers fifty of the stories that have stayed with him throughout his career: tales of tricksters and heroes, transformations and journeys, wisdom and wonder.
Drawn from traditions across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, these are stories that have travelled through centuries, carried from voice to voice and generation to generation. Adapted for the spoken word, Lupton's retellings capture the rhythm, energy and immediacy of live storytelling.
A rich treasury of traditional tales and a celebration of the stories that connect us, Unriddling the World is both an invitation to read and an invitation to tell.
Hugh Lupton’s interest in traditional music, in street theatre, in live poetry and in myth, resulted in him becoming a professional storyteller in 1981. He was a founder member of 'The Company of Storytellers’ and has been a major figure in the revival of oral storytelling in Britain and Europe. Hugh tells stories from many cultures, but his particular passion is for the hidden layers of the British landscape and the stories and ballads that give voice to them. He has published several collections of folk tales for children and two acclaimed novels, The Ballad of John Clare and The Assembly of the Severed Head. Hugh lives in Norfolk.
