{"product_id":"the-winged-man-moyra-caldecott-9781843194569","title":"The Winged Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of Bladud, the father of King Lear. A leper and a swineherd, a necromancer and a wise king, his memory lives on. His was a golden age of wisdom and magic, where otherworld beings mingled freely with the people of this world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRestless at the royal court, the young Prince Bladud sets off to consult an oracle in the west country - a wild wooded place near a mysterious hot spring that gushes from a cave. There the priestess tells him that he will be a great king, and that one day he will fly like an eagle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he returns to his father's hill-fort at Trinovantum, Bladud's head is full of magnificent dreams... until trickery entraps him in a loveless marriage. His unquenchable thirst for knowledge, sharpened by a mysterious experience at the burial mound of his forefathers, takes him away from his home and wife on a dangerous journey to faraway Greece. There he meets and falls in love with a woman who has appeared to him many times already in dreams and visions...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of brilliant imagination, this colourful fantasy draws its strength and inspiration from the strange and beautiful realms of Celtic and Greek myth and legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moyra Caldecott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843194562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843194569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bladud Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Moyra Caldecott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088869077247,"sku":"9781843194569","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9618793f-ea2a-48a6-936f-167de521f54b.jpg?v=1769106988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-winged-man-moyra-caldecott-9781843194569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}