Wild by Amy Jeffs

 Tales from Early Medieval Britain from the Bestselling author of Storyland 

'Inspiring' Waterstones

'Thrilling' Guardian

'Marries words and images to create a special echo of this country's rich past' The Times

In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys - on foot and through medieval texts - from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the reader an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home. The seven chapters, entitled Earth, Ocean, Forest, Beast, Fen, Catastrophe, Paradise, open with fiction and close with reflection. They blend reflections of travels through fen, forest and cave, with retelling of medieval texts that offer rich depictions of the natural world.

From the Old English elegies to the englynion and immrama of the Celtic world these are stories that largely represent figures whose voices are not generally heard in the corpus of medieval literature: women, outcasts, animals. Illustrated with original wood engravings, evoking an atmospheric world of whales, wolves, caves, cuckoos and reeds, Wild: Tales From Early Medieval Britain will leave readers with a feeling of 'westendream': delight in the wilderness. Saints: Medieval Legends of Heroes Humans and Magic is now available!

Format:Paperback / softback 240 pages
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:riverrun
ISBN:9781529424263
Published:27 Apr 2023
Classifications:United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 500 CE to c 1000 CE, Poetry, Folklore, myths & legends, Climate change, Natural history
Weight:262g
Dimensions:129 x 197 x 23 (mm)