The Allies' Fairy Book - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

ISBN-13: 9781447477808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 172 str.

1849-1928 Edmund Gosse; Arthur Rackham

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The Allies Fairy Book contains a selection of traditional fairy tales from the allied countries participating in World War I. Its stories include; Jack the Giant Killer (English); The Battle of the Birds (Scottish); Lludd and Llevelys (Welsh); Gulesh (Irish); The Sleeping Beauty (French); Cesarino and the Dragon (Italian); What came of picking flowers (Portuguese); The Adventures of Little Peachling, The Foxs Wedding and The Tongue-Cut Sparrow (Japanese); Frost (Russian); The Golden Apple-Tree and the Nine Peahens (Serbian); and The Last Adventure of Thyl Ulenspiegel (Belgian). The tales are illustrated with Arthur Rackhams beautiful colour plates and monotone drawings.