The high kings

by Joy Chant

Paper Book, 1983

Status

Available

Call number

823/.914

Collection

Publication

Toronto ; New York : Bantam, 1983.

Description

A collection of Celtic legends. Includes notes about historical and cultural background.

User reviews

LibraryThing member TheGalaxyGirl
An interesting retelling of the Arthurian legends, interspersed with essays on Celtic culture and introductions to each story utilizing the 'story within a story' motif, in that someone asks a bard to entertain them, and he relates a particular tale. It doesn't match some of the other Arthurian
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legends I've read, but that is the nature of oral tradition, and it gives this work a spark of interest it might not otherwise have had.
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Awards

Hugo Award (Nominee — Non-Fiction — 1984)
World Fantasy Award (Nominee — 1984)

Language

Original publication date

1983

Physical description

237 p.; 26 cm

ISBN

0553050451 / 9780553050455

Other editions

The High Kings by Joy Chant (Hardcover)
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