Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain av Amy Jeffs

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<p><b>A <i>TIMES </i>BESTSELLER, January 2022<br>A <i>TIMES</i> HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR<br>SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR<br>A <i>BBC HISTORY MAG</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR<br>A <i>DAILY EXPRESS</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br>''Expressive, bold and quite beautiful'' <i>The Lady</i><br>''[a] delight of a book'' Antonia Senior, <i>The Times</i><br>''ravishingly lovely'' <i>The Times Ireland</i><br>''[a] lively retelling of British myths'' <i>Apollo Magazine</i><br><b><br><br>Soaked in mist and old magic,<i> Storyland</i> is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes.</b><br><br>It begins between the Creation and Noah''s Flood, follows the footsteps of the earliest generation of giants from an age when the children of Cain and the progeny of fallen angels walked the earth, to the founding of Britain, England, Wales and Scotland, the birth of Christ, the wars between Britons, Saxons and Vikings, and closes with the arrival of the Normans.<br>