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ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781472994219
from the master of travel writing Colin Thubron
Saints Cruises Rob Beckett andSaints' legends suffused medieval European culture. Their heroes' suffering and wonder working shaped landscapes, rituals and folk beliefs. Their tales spoke of men raised by wolves, women communing with flocks of birds and severed heads calling from between bristling paws. In this book, Amy Jeffs retells legends born of the medieval cult of saints. She draws on 'official' lives, vernacular romances, artworks and obscene poetry, all spanning from the
