'This might be the best book I've read all year' JOANNE HARRIS'A glorious, pitch-black fairytale of a book' KIRSTY LOGAN 'A masterclass in storytelling' DAILY MAIL'Deeply unsettling' CAITLIN STARLING'Deliciously terrifying' GUARDIAN Everyone knew bestselling novelist Cassandra Tipp had twice got away with murder.
This study pairs selected Irish and British women novelists of three periods, relating their voices to the women's movements in their respective nations.
Beginning with Yuka, a 39,000-year-old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the sixteen essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalised by humans.
'Charlotte Higgins's Red Thread is a masterwork' Ali SmithA thrillingly original, labyrinthine journey through myth, art, literature, history, archaeology and memoir.
'Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories - Illustrated by John Hassall' contains three classics of the fairy tale genre: 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Jack the Giant-Killer', and 'The Three Little Pigs.
From the epic adventures of gods and heroes to tales of the world's beginning, this illustrated collection of myths and legends from Greece and Rome is a captivating exploration of the tales that shaped the ancient world.
The folk tales of the Inuit are some of the most unique in the entire world, completely isolated for thousands of years in the icy, windswept north, they believed they were the only peoples on Earth and this isolation is clear in their atmospheric, stunning myths and legends.
Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross is a stunning work, produced in the midst of the First World War, by a true genius of illustration.
The House of the Sleeping Winds and Other Stories Some Based on Cornish Folklore is a bright wholesome volume of stories, founded on the lore of the old-world Cornish folk.
The following tales are an outcome of a long residence in New Zealand, and of many opportunities whilst travelling amongst the Maoris of becoming acquainted with their folk-lore, superstitions, and customs.
Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Ada Dennis is a wonderful collection of classic fairy tales including 'Little Snow White', 'Rapunzel', 'Hop-O'-My-Thumb', 'The Three Little Men in the Wood', 'Snow White and Rose Red', 'Clever Grethel', 'The Giants Three Golden Hairs', and many more.
Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Ada Dennis is a wonderful collection of classic fairy tales including 'Little Snow White', 'Rapunzel', 'Hop-O'-My-Thumb', 'The Three Little Men in the Wood', 'Snow White and Rose Red', 'Clever Grethel', 'The Giants Three Golden Hairs', and many more.
This edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales is a fantastic collection classic stories including such well-known and loved stories as 'The Frog Prince', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Cinderella', 'Snow White', 'Rumpelstiltskin' and 'Briar Rose'.
This edition of the Grimm's Fairy Tales contains sixty-eight of their classic stories, beautifully illustrated with the black-and-white drawings of Ruth Moorwood and a frontispiece by Harry Rountree.
Snowdrop and Other Tales was originally published in 1909, and contains a collection of classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm - all beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
This edition of the Grimm's Fairy Tales contains fifty-five of the Brothers Grimm's classic stories, accompanied by the beautiful black-and-white illustrations of John Hassall.
This edition of the 'Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Charles Folkard' was originally published in 1911, and contains fifty-six of the Brothers Grimm's classic stories.
The Allies' Fairy Book contains a selection of traditional fairy tales from the participants of World War One - compiled and edited by Edmund Gosse in 1916.
Persian Tales - Kermani Tales - Illustrated by Hilda Roberts (Volume I) is a wonderful book and the first of two volumes of old Persian tales originating from the province Kerman, Iran.
