Description
Product ID: | 9780571175185 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Over Nine Waves |
Authors: | Author: Marie Heaney |
Page Count: | 272 |
Subjects: | Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Myth & legend told as fiction, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Folklore, myths & legends |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 'These legends are the action-packed stories - of ancient heroes, huge battles, attempted invasions, prophecies and spells, clashes between the underworld and the real world, abductions, love affairs and feasts - which have fascinated the Irish mind for more than 2,000 years . ''These legends are the action-packed stories - of ancient heroes, huge battles, attempted invasions, prophecies and spells, clashes between the underworld and the real world, abductions, love affairs and feasts - which have fascinated the Irish mind for more than 2,000 years . . . Most of them have an extraordinary, stark narrative sweep, with a marvellous sense of detail . . . Heaney writes directly and fluently . . . with great tact and skill.'' Sunday Times |
Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1995-05-22 |