A Wild Tumultory Library (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798645070496)

Read about the most dangerous man in the West; the poem written by a stuffed crocodile; the alchemist called the great-nephew to the Queen of Faerie; aesthetes, dandies, visionaries, antiquaries, fortune tellers and fakirs, forgotten writers and much more.Mark Valentine's third collection of essays explores the curious byways of literature and lore in a similar manner to his earlier volumes Haunted by Books and A Country Still All Mystery.Taking its title from an encounter in Thomas De Quincey's youthful wanderings, Valentine's writing shares that author's delight in the arcane, the recondite and the obscure.

Author: R. B. Russell, Mark Valentine
ISBN-10: 8645070499
ISBN-13: 9798645070496
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2020
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d