The Book of Were-Wolves - Couverture rigide

Baring-Gould, Sabine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1587156113 ISBN 13 : 9781587156113

Editeur : Borgo Press, 2002

Synopsis

The author (Sabine Baring-Gould, a parson of the Church of England, an archaeologist, a historian, and a prolific author best known for writing the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers) takes a typically nineteenth century approach to the mythology; methodical, rational and almost mechanistic. He details the legend in many permutations as it exists in a diversity of cultures and includes sensational chapters with case studies of cannibals, grave desecrators and blood fetishists, which have a connection to lycanthropy. Also included is an extended treatment of the case of Giles de Rais, the notorious confederate of Joan of Arc who was convicted and executed for necrosadistic crimes. (Jacketless library hardcover.)

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (1834 - 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Borgo Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1587156113
• ISBN 13: 9781587156113
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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