As new and unread but with some light foxing along the top edge. A deep dive into the weird, wonderful, haunted landscapes of England - a county-by-county guidebook to extraordinary tales. Full colour plates and black and white illustrations throughout. This is a heavy book and may incur extra postage charges outside the UK.

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Title: Lore Of The Land: A Guide To Englands Legends From Spring Heeled Jack To The Witche
Publisher: Penguin UK, London, UK
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0141021039
ISBN 13: 9780141021034
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New
Weight: 1.48 kilograms

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Where can you find the 'Devil's footprints'? What happened at the 'hangman's stone'? Did Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street, ever really exist? Where was King Arthur laid to rest? Bringing together tales of hauntings, highwaymen, family curses and lovers' leaps, this magnificent guide will take you on a magical journey through England's legendary past. 'A fascinating county-by county guidebook to the headless horsemen, bottomless pools, immured adulteresses and talking animals that make up the hidden landscape of the country.' - "London Review of Books". 'Evokes an England terrified by screaming skulls, tantalized by hidden treasure, spooked by the unearthly clanging of bells, bewitched by fairies and hobgoblins' - "Country Life". 'Wonderful...Contains almost every myth, legend and ghost story ever told in England' - Simon Hoggart, "Guardian".

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Jennifer Westwood's books include Albion: A Guide to Legendary Britain (1985), Gothick Cornwall (1992), Lost Atlantis (1997) and On Pilgrimage (2003). Dr Jacqueline Simpson's books include Icelandic Folktales and Legends (1971, 2004), The Folklore of the Welsh Border (1976, 2004), British Dragons (1980, 2000), and, with Steve Roud, A Dictionary of English Folklore (2000). She lives in West Sussex.

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