The Dragon of Wantley, His Rise, His Voracity and His Downfall: A Romance - Couverture souple

Wister, Owen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3337019609 ISBN 13 : 9783337019600

Editeur : Hansebooks, 2017

Synopsis

The Dragon of Wantley, His Rise, His Voracity and His Downfall - A Romance is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Dragon of Wantley details the legend of a dragon-slaying knight on Wharncliffe Crags in South Yorkshire. The ballad explains how the knight, Moore of Moore Hall, acquires a custom suit of spiked Sheffield armour and manages to best the dragon with a powerful kick to the dragon's "arse-gut," explained as being its only vulnerable spot with the dragons dying breaths. A popular tale in the 18th and 19th century, this text has been chosen for publication with the aim of immortalising this classic legend so that can be enjoyed today with the same enthusiasm as it has been in the past. Owen Wister was an American writer and the father of western fiction. Originally published in Thomas Percy's 1767 Reliques of Ancient Poetry, this scarce text is republished here with an introductory biography of the author.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hansebooks
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3337019609
• ISBN 13: 9783337019600
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible