The Red Romance Book: Tales of Knights, Dragons & High Adventure
Jun 2015 · Read Books Ltd
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About this ebook
The Red Romance Book is a timeless collection of classic fairy tales, adventures, and heroic legends, edited by the renowned folklorist Andrew Lang and featuring stunning illustrations by H. J. Ford.
Read thrilling stories of valiant knights, formidable dragons, and daring quests. First published in 1905, this anthology draws from some of the greatest sagas and romances in literary history, including The Story of Burnt Njal, Orlando Furioso, The Faerie Queene, and Don Quixote.
A must-have for lovers of classic literature and medieval romance, rediscover the magic of fairy tales in this beautifully illustrated edition of The Red Romance Book.
About the author
Andrew Lang was born at Selkirk in Scotland on March 31, 1844. He was a historian, poet, novelist, journalist, translator, and anthropologist, in connection with his work on literary texts. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews University, and Balliol College, Oxford University, becoming a fellow at Merton College. His poetry includes Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (1872), Ballades in Blue China (1880--81), and Grass of Parnassus (1888--92). His anthropology and his defense of the value of folklore as the basis of religion is expressed in his works Custom and Myth (1884), Myth, Ritual and Religion (1887), and The Making of Religion (1898). He also translated Homer and critiqued James G. Frazer's views of mythology as expressed in The Golden Bough. He was considered a good historian, with a readable narrative style and knowledge of the original sources including his works A History of Scotland (1900-7), James VI and the Gowrie Mystery (1902), and Sir George Mackenzie (1909). He was one of the most important collectors of folk and fairy tales. His collections of Fairy books, including The Blue Fairy Book, preserved and handed down many of the better-known folk tales from the time. He died of angina pectoris on July 20, 1912.
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