Celtic Fairy Tales is for the young and old alike. There are twenty-six captivating tales filled with magic, charm, adventure, and humour. The stories were collected from Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Ireland over a hundred years ago by folklorist Joseph Jacobs, and assembled into this unique anthology. But be warned, not every story has a happy ending. This copy also has fifty-seven original illustrations by John D. Batten that follow the story line.
Tales included:
Connla and the Fairy Maiden
Guleesh
The Field of Boliauns
The Horned Women
Conall Yellowclaw
Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary
The Shepherd of Myddvai
The Sprightly Tailor
The Story of Deirdre
Munachar and Manachar
Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree
King O'Toole and his Goose
The Wooing of Olwen
Jack and his Comrades
The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire
The Story-Teller at Fault
The Sea-Maiden
A Legend of Knockmany
Fair, Brown and Trembling
Jack and his Master
Beth Gellert
The Tale of Ivan
Andrew Coffey
The Battle of the Birds
25.Brewery of Eggshells
The Lad with the Goat-Skin
Highlights of this edition are:
* 57 hand drawn original illustrations.
* A free web link to 26 audio files to listen to the whole book. (The audio links only work on Kobo's Android and iOS apps).
* It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your kobo reader.
* An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the kobo menu.
* Plus About the Author Section.
* 314 pages (in the kobo format) for a very low price.
This book is unabridged, and appears as it was first intended with fifty-seven original hand-drawn illustrations by John D. Batten.