The Land of the Green Man: A Journey Through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles

by Carolyne Larrington

Book Overview

Beyond its housing estates and identikit high streets there is another Britain. This is the Britain of mist-drenched forests and unpredictable sea-frets: of wraith-like fog banks, druidic mistletoe and peculiar creatures that lurk, half-unseen, in the undergrowth, tantalising and teasing just at the periphery of human vision. How have the remarkably persistent folkloric traditions of the British Isles formed and been formed by the identities and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780769911
• ISBN13: 9781780769912
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.6"