The Fairy Tellers - A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales

The surprising origins and people behind the world's most influential magical tales: the people who told and re-shaped them, the landscapes that forged them, and the cultures that formed them and were in turn formed by them.

About the author

Nicholas Jubber has travelled in the Middle East, Central Asia, North and East Africa and across Europe. Along the way, he has worked as a teacher, carpet-washer and even had a stint as a tannery assistant. He has written three previous books, The Timbuktu School for Nomads, The Prester Quest (winner of the Dolman Travel Book Award) and Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah's Beard (shortlisted for the Dolman Award). He has written for numerous publications, including the Guardian, Observer, Globe and Mail, Irish Times and BBC History.

Summary

The surprising origins and people behind the world's most influential magical tales: the people who told and re-shaped them, the landscapes that forged them, and the cultures that formed them and were in turn formed by them.

Additional text

A fabulous quest through time in search of the lost tellers of tales of wonder, Nick Jubber is a master storyteller whose endless curiosity, wit and panache brings the lives of key fairy tale tellers to vibrant life

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Jubber, Jubber Nicholas
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2022
• EAN: 9781529327694
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-2769-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Folklore, myths & legends, Myth & legend told as fiction, History: specific events and topics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Folklore, myths and legends