Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book - Hardcover

Jones, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857933362 ISBN 13: 9781857933369

Publisher: Pavilion Books, 1998

Synopsis

This is a reproduction of the diary of Lady Angelica Cottingham, which features pressed garden fairies. Or rather the psychic images of the fairies, who quickly turned it into a game, where they leapt between the closing pages in an effort to outdo each other to produce the most outrageous poses. The book claims to be the facsimile edition of the notebook of Lady Cottington who, it is said, took the infamous photograph of a group of fairies that was authenticated by Conan Doyle, but later discredited. She was determined to prove the existence of fairies and began to capture them between the pages of her notebook, in which she had previously pressed wild flowers. This is a record of the fairies she caught, and of the disruptive influence they had on her otherwise sheltered life.

About this title

About the Author:

Terry Jones is a writer, actor and director best known for his membership of the Monty Python team. He has also written a number of children's books for Pavilion, including Fantastic Stories, which won the children's vote in the 1992 Smarties Prize, and The Knight and the Squire. He lives in London. Brian Froud is a popular and highly acclaimed artist whose imaginative portrayals of fantasy worlds and people in particular are recognized He lives in Devon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pavilion Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1857933362
• ISBN 13: 9781857933369
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Froud Brian