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Informationen zum Autor Joseph A. McCullough ’s first brush with writing for games was as co-author of The Grey Mountains supplement for the Middle-Earth Role-Playing Game , and he has remained passionate about Fantasy gaming since, going on to become an award-winning game designer. He is the creator of the “ Frostgrave Family” of skirmish wargames (the Fantasy titles Frostgrave , Ghost Archipelago , Rangers of Shadow Deep , and the Sci-Fi evolution, Stargrave ), the Oathmark Fantasy battle game and The Silver Bayonet , a game of Napoleonic Gothic Horror. The latest information on his game design and other writing can be found at: josephamccullough.com. Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK. Klappentext From legend and mythology to The Hobbit and A Game of Thrones, the dragon is a perennial favorite in the fantasy genre. With its fiery breath, scaly armour, and baleful, malevolent stare, the dragon became the ultimate symbol of evil and corruption in European folklore and mythology. Often serving as a stand-in for Satan, or the power of evil gods, dragons spread death and hopelessness throughout the land. Only heroes of uncommon valour, courageousness, and purity could hope to battle these monsters and emerge victorious. Those that did became legends. They became dragonslayers. The list of dragonslayers is small, but it is filled with great and legendary names. Hercules, Beowulf, Cuchulain, Sigfried, Lancelot, and Saint George all battled to the death with dragons. Other heroes such as the Danish King Frotho, the French Saint Mercurialis, the Polish champion Krak, and the Russian warrior Dobrynya Nikitch might be less well known to western readers, but also fought and defeated dragons. This book will retell the greatest legends of this select group of warriors, while examining the myth of the dragonslayer in a historical, mythological, and even theological context. This book retells the greatest legends of heroes of have fought and defeated dragons, while examining the myth of the dragonslayer in a historical, mythological, and even theological context. Zusammenfassung With its fiery breath, scaly armour, and baleful, malevolent stare, the dragon became the ultimate symbol of evil and corruption in European folklore and mythology. This title retells the greatest legends of this select group of warriors, while examining the myth of the dragonslayer in a historical, mythological, and even theological context....
