LIBROS DEL AUTOR: thor ewing

6 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: thor ewing

  • The Original Robin Hood
    Thor Ewing
    The Original Robin HoodTraditional ballads and plays, including all medieval sourcesTranslated into Modern English by Thor EwingRhymes of Robin Hood were the great popular literature of medieval England. Now newly translated into fresh Modern English verse, they tell the original story of the outlaw hero.A thorough introduction places the legend in its original context in the r...
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    18,64 €

  • St George for England
    John Thor Ewing
    Songs and plays drawn from English tradition celebrating England’s patron saint, retelling the legend of how St George was born near Coventry, fought and killed the dragon, and married the King of Egypt’s daughter, before returning home to England with his bride.Includes music for the songs and 10 black-and-white illustrations reproduced from early woodcuts. ...
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    10,10 €

  • The Erracht Feud
    John Thor Ewing
    Bloodfeud was built into the structure of society in sixteenth-century Scotland, and feuding was governed by its own rules. This book examines a turbulent period in Clan Cameron’s history, spanning the last years of the chiefship of Donald Dow McConnell (1553-69) and the early years of Allan McConnell Dow (1569-1647). As rival factions vied for power, it was unclear who would l...
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    15,46 €

  • Clan Ewen
    John Thor Ewing / Robert Sutherland Taylor MacEwen
    Originally published in 1904 from articles written for 'Celtic Monthly', R. S. T. MacEwen's clan history controversially conflated the histories of several families of the Scottish surnames MacEwan, McEwan, MacEwen, McEwen, Ewan, Ewans, Ewen and Ewing. The wealth of information contained in the book was all too often misinterpreted or used in support of false assert...
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    17,98 €

  • 50 Classic Poems Every Boy Should Know
    Thor Ewing
    Too many boys think poetry is all flowers and fairies. Drawing on a thousand years of English literature, these are poems which have thrilled and stirred the blood of generations of boys and men.This collection of fifty classic poems explores themes of strength, bravery and justice, and includes well-loved favourites, poems that were loved by generations gone by, and great poem...
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    15,43 €

  • Visions of Alba
    Thor Ewing
    A sequence of twelve 60-word poems, each of which distills a moment when Scotland’s fate hung in the balance - a turning point in history. Brief notes are provided for readers who want to learn more about the historical context of these Visions of Alba. ...
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    7,61 €