{"product_id":"voyage-of-st-brendan","title":"Voyage of St Brendan","description":"In The Voyage of St Brendan, A.B. Jackson tells the tale of the legendary seafaring Irish abbot in poetry and prose. After burning a book of fantastical stories, Brendan is compelled to sail the ocean with a crew of six monks in a leather-skinned currach; his task, to prove the existence of wonders in the world and create a new book of marvels. Discoveries include Jasconius the island-whale, a troop of Arctic ghosts, a hellmouth of tortured souls, a rock-bound Judas, and the magical castle of the boar-headed Walserands.\n\n Although the roots of this legend lie in early Irish tales and the Latin Voyage of Brendan the Abbot of the ninth century, Jackson has taken the 14th-century Middle Dutch version of Brendan’s voyage as the template for this engaging, witty and spirited interpretation, notable for its humour and inventiveness.\n\nThe book is beautifully illustrated with a series of black and white linocuts by the American artist Kathleen Neeley, one of which features in colour on the cover.","brand":"Bloodaxe Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229804417368,"sku":"9781780375663","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781780375663_c717b8ac-cfed-4235-a494-2fd91f2ffdd3.jpg?v=1767157249","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/voyage-of-st-brendan","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}