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Myth & legend told as fiction
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Follow Me To Ground
Sue Rainsford
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Horror & ghost stories; Myth & legend told as fiction
Hardback
'Equal parts beauty and horror, and unlike anything you will read this year' TEA OBREHT'Seethingly assured debut fuses magical... [more]
Inland: From the award-winning author of The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Adventure; Westerns; Myth & legend told as fiction; Historical fiction
Hardback
THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE TIGER'S WIFE A man searching for a home he can't find. A woman bound to a home she can't... [more]
English Fairy Tales and Legends
Rosalind Kerven
Myth & legend told as fiction; British & Irish history; Folklore, myths & legends
Hardback
12 classic English fairy tales and their history reissued for 2019. These are stories of giants, dragons, fairies and Arthurian... [more]
Faeries, Elves and Goblins: The Old Stories and fairy tales
Rosalind Kerven
Myth & legend told as fiction; British & Irish history; Folklore, myths & legends
Hardback
Faeries, elves, goblins, leprechauns, brownies, spriggans and many other supernatural beings leap vividly off the page in... [more]
Arthurian Legends
Rosalind Kerven
Myth & legend told as fiction; British & Irish history; Folklore, myths & legends
Hardback
The definitive book of stories from Arthurian legend, featuring the Knights of the Round Table, Wizard Merlin and King Arthur... [more]
African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales
Flame Tree Studio (Gothic Fantasy)
Myth & legend told as fiction
Hardback
Africa south of the Sahara possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends passed down over hundreds of years, often sharing... [more]
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Grimm
Myth & legend told as fiction; Short stories
Hardback
Originally published in 1812, the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are malevolent and dark, and certainly not for... [more]
For The Immortal
Emily Hauser
Myth & legend told as fiction; Historical fiction
Paperback
'Offers a fresh and feminist take' Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe Thousands of years ago, two remarkable women... [more]
The Nine Cloud Dream
Kim Man-Jung
Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Myth & legend told as fiction; Fiction in translation
Paperback
A portion of this book first appeared in different form as The ghost story in Azalea: journal of Korean literature & culture,... [more]
Little Darlings
Melanie Golding
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Myth & legend told as fiction
Hardback
`Chilling story...stunning' Clare Mackintosh `Taps into every woman's fear that she... [more]
City of Dust
Michelle Kenney
Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction
Paperback
The fight is never over. [more]
Gingerbread
Helen Oyeyemi
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction
Hardback
Helen Oyeyemi, the prize-winning author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What is Not Yours is Not Yours, returns with a bewitching and... [more]
Conan the Barbarian
Robert Ervin Howard
Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction
Paperback
The character has become a multi-faceted industry all on his own with toys, comics, card games, role playing games, TV series,... [more]
Black Leopard, Red Wolf: Dark Star Trilogy Book 1
Marlon James
Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction; Historical fiction
Hardback
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter - and he always works alone. But when he is engaged to find a child... [more]
Once Upon a River
Diane Setterfield
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical mysteries; Myth & legend told as fiction; Historical fiction
Hardback
'A truly extraordinary book' - Dinah Jefferies'I was completely spellbound' - Ruth Hogan'Just marvellous' - Jo Baker'A true... [more]
Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson
David Grossman
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Myth & legend told as fiction
Paperback
A daring retelling of the story of Samson, from the author of the Man Booker International Prize-winning A Horse Walks Into... [more]
Chinese Myths & Tales: Epic Tales
Flame Tree Studio
Myth & legend told as fiction
Hardback
Great floods and river Gods, snake spirits, and Immortals, China's unique set of mythological tales are derived from its vast... [more]
The Book of One Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria
Charles Godfrey Leland
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Myth & legend told as fiction; Folklore, myths & legends
Hardback
Presented here is a forgotten classic from one of America's most popular writers and artists of the nineteenth century;... [more]
The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta: The Celebrated California Bandit...
John Rollin Ridge
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Myth & legend told as fiction
Paperback
With a new foreword by Diana Gabaldon, the #1 New York Times bestselling... [more]
Wrecker
Noel O'Reilly
Myth & legend told as fiction; Historical fiction
Paperback
`Compelling' Sunday Times A powerful debut exploring the dark side of Cornwall - the wrecking and... [more]
Perthshire Folk Tales
Lindsey Gibb, C.A. Hope
Anthologies (non-poetry); Myth & legend told as fiction
Paperback
An enchanting collection of folk tales retold by professional storytellers [more]
All The Ever Afters: The Untold Story Of Cinderella's Stepmother
Danielle Teller
Myth & legend told as fiction
Paperback
In the vein of Wicked, The Woodcutter, and Boy, Snow, Bird, a luminous reimagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective... [more]
The Fall of Gondolin
J. R. R. Tolkien
Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction
Hardback
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen... [more]
Wicked Weird & Wily Yankees: A Celebration of New England's Eccentrics and...
Stephen Gencarella
Biography: historical, political & military; Myth & legend told as fiction; History of the Americas; Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
Paperback
Wicked Weird & Wily Yankees explores and celebrates the eccentric personalities who have left their mark on the region in... [more]
Metamorphica
Zachary Mason
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Myth & legend told as fiction
Hardback
In the tradition of Zachary Mason's bestselling first novel, The Lost Books of the Odyssey - where he recast episodes from... [more]
