Author: Bob Curran
Number Of Pages: 308
Release Date: 25-03-2008
Details: Product Description Extraordinary tales that have been passed down from generation to generation, and are now published for the first time. A weaver strikes a bargain with the fairies with tragic consequences. A young girl unwittingly invites a poltergeist into her family home, causing mayhem. A group of fishermen, lost at sea in a thick fog, discover there is someone or something else on their boat. A woman agrees to a marriage between her daughter and a mysterious stranger only to discover that the man had died many years before. These and many other folk tales have been collected by Bob Curran and are retold in compelling detail. Fairies, ghosts, sheeogues and other horrors haunt the Irish landscape. Let these stories send a shiver up your spine! About the Author Dr Bob Curran lives and works in Northern Ireland. Over the years, he has studied the dark and the sinister, both in his own land and in places beyond. A psychologist and a historian, he has written and lectured extensively on the arcane and the mysterious. He is the author of a number of books, including The Field Guide to Irish Fairies, A Bewitched Land: Ireland's Witches and The Complete Guide to Celtic Mythology.
EAN: 9781842233276
Languages: English
Binding: Paperback
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood