Wild - Tales from Early Medieval Britain

Informationen zum Autor Amy Jeffs is a Somerset-based art historian and printmaker with expertise in medieval art and literature. In 2020, she gained a PhD in Art History from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having worked at the British Library, and studied for earlier degrees at the Courtauld Institute of Art and Cambridge. Her first book, Storyland, was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. Wild is her second book. Klappentext From the bestselling author of Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain comes a book that will reconnect, engross and indulge readers in wild landscapes and pause to reflect on our current position and relationship with nature. Zusammenfassung From the bestselling author of Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain comes a book that will reconnect, engross and indulge readers in wild landscapes and pause to reflect on our current position and relationship with nature.

About the author

Amy Jeffs is a Somerset-based author and artist, she has a PhD in Art History from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and specialises in medieval art and culture. Jeffs' first book, Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain, was a Sunday Times bestseller, shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year and named a Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year. Her second book, Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain, explores an old idea of the wilderness through medieval stories of outcasts, monsters and the natural world. The audiobook, illustrated with song, was named audiobook of the week by the Times and the Guardian. Saints: Legends of Heroes, Humans and Magic is her third book.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Jeffs
• Publisher: Riverrun
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2022
• EAN: 9781529424232
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-2423-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 238 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Non-fiction book; NATURE / General, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, natural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Landscapes / seascapes, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Poetry / Poems