Shropshire Folk Tales

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-187) and index.

About the author

Amy Douglas discovered storytelling at the age of 14, and has become a devotee of the art. In 1998 she was elected a director of the Society for Storytelling. She has appeared on local and national radio, and has been featured in the national press. Amy has enhancing literature development in schools by working with reading groups. She is the author of Evesham Voices and Memories of Pontcysyllte, and she co-authored English Folktales.

Summary

But it also has places that are still wild – hills where heather and bracken cling to the rocks while peewits call overhead and strange rock formations jut to the sky, casting their shadows over the countryside below. The thirty stories in this new collection have grown out of the county’s diverse landscapes: tales of the strange and macabre;

Product details

• Authors: Amy Douglas, Amy Douglas
• Assisted by: Lynn Rust (Illustration)
• Publisher: The History Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780752451558
• ISBN: 978-0-7524-5155-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 197 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 210 g
• Series: Folk Tales: United Kingdom
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore