Hollow Places : An Unusual History of Land and Legend-9780008319526

Hollow Places : An Unusual History of Land and Legend

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Description

`Impossible to summarise and delightfully absorbing, Hadley's book is comfortably the most unexpected history book of the year'�Sunday Times A luminous journey through a thousand years of folklore and English history. Once upon a time in a Hertfordshire field, an ancient yew tree hid a dragon hunted by a giant named Piers Shonks. Today, the dragon and its slayer are the survivors of an 800-year battle between rural legend and national record, storytellers and sceptics. In this brilliant and lyrical history, Christopher Hadley journeys from churches to tombs to manuscript margins, to explore history, memory and legend, and the magical spaces where all three meet.


Book ISBN: 9780008319526
Book Author: Christopher Hadley
Book Format: Paperback / softback
Book Imprint: William Collins
Book Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Book Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 31cm
Book Publication Date: 2020-06-08 00:00:00 +0100
Book Pagination: 448 pages
Book Weight: 322g
Review

`Impossible to summarise and delightfully absorbing, Hadley's book is comfortably the most unexpected history book of the year'�Sunday Times A luminous journey through a thousand years of folklore and English history. Once upon a time in a Hertfordshire field, an ancient yew tree hid a dragon hunted by a giant named Piers Shonks. Today, the dragon and its slayer are the survivors of an 800-year battle between rural legend and national record, storytellers and sceptics. In this brilliant and lyrical history, Christopher Hadley journeys from churches to tombs to manuscript margins, to explore history, memory and legend, and the magical spaces where all three meet.

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