Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold by Manwaring, Kevan

Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold

A BALLAD is a poem or a song that tells a popular story and many traditional British...
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Author: Kevan Manwaring
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold by Manwaring, Kevan

Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold

€29,77

Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold

€29,77
Author: Kevan Manwaring
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Kevan Manwaring
Publisher: History Press
Published: 06/05/2017
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780750970556

About the Author
Kevan Manwaring is a writer, teacher, and storyteller. He teaches creative writing for the Open University and the Skyros Writers' Lab. He also runs freelance courses in storytelling and has appeared in numerous shows both solo and with Fire Springs in Britain and abroad. His work includes two collections of folk tales. Candia McKormack is the deputy editor at Cotswold Life.


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