Aberdeenshire Folk Tales by Banks, Grace

Aberdeenshire Folk Tales (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780752497587)

Vendor: Grace Banks
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Aberdeenshire Folk Tales by Banks, Grace

Aberdeenshire Folk Tales

$24.99
Aberdeenshire Folk Tales by Banks, Grace

Aberdeenshire Folk Tales

$24.99
Format: Paperback
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The folklore of the north-east has provided a rich tapestry for the tales within; from Celtic and Pictish origins meet witches, selkies, smugglers, fairies, monsters, despicable rogues, riddles and heroes. Tragic events, spellbinding characters, humour, romance and clever minds are bound together by two well-established storytellers living and working in the city and shire of Aberdeen. Some of the tales in this collection are based on historical fact while others are embedded in myth and legend. All the stories are set against the backdrop of this lovely and varied landscape; the silver city and surrounding farm lands, the forested and mountainous terrain through which the River Dee flows, the rolling, gentler land surrounding the meandering River Don and the beautiful but sometimes forbidding Aberdeenshire coastline.Sheena and Grace have both been inspired in their storytelling and singing by the traveller, raconteur and balladeer, Stanley Robertson.

Author: Grace Banks,Sheena Blackhall
ISBN-10: 0752497588
ISBN-13: 9780752497587
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2013
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 4.80w x 0.60d
By Grace Banks
By Grace Banks
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Grace Banks is a storyteller, singer, and clarsach player. She researches local history mainly and currently works for www.readingbus.co.uk. She was a guest at the International Story Festival, Scotland 2012 and in previous years. Sheena Blackhall is a writer, illustrator, traditional ballad singer, and storyteller. From 1998-2003 she was Creative Writing Fellow in Scots at Aberdeen University's Elphinstone Institute. She has published four Scots novellas, 15 short story collections and more than 90 poetry collections. In 2009 she became Makar (poet laureate) for Aberdeen and the North East.

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