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Review 'Engrossing.' (Mary Ann Gwinn Seattle Times)'Sugg�s book is in itself a kind of bewitchment, shimmering and eloquent, written with a certain ironic awareness and in the spirit of surrender to unknowing. As he notes: 'Magic was before science and will be after it. Fairies live longer than pedagogues.'' (Australian)'[Delves] at length, and with admirable knowledge and insight, into contemporary media spins on [its] respective totems. . . . Thoroughly researched and richly illustrated chronicles of the folkloric and literary pedigrees of [its] subject creatures.' (Bob Duffy Washington Independent Review of Books)'Sugg . . . wants to disabuse you of any nonsense you may harbor about fairies being small, whimsical, and affectionate. The fact is, for much of recorded history they were regarded as dangerous and malicious. Traditional fairy belief has it that they were the original fallen angels, who accompanied the Proud Angel to a realm between Heaven, Hell, and Earth. Sugg writes well, and amusingly, about the evolution of fairies from Terror to Tinkerbell.' (Sarah Murdoch Toronto Star)'[A] bulging field guide to fairy lore. Taking readers on a tour of the brownies, hobs, changelings, kelpies, selkies, sea trows, and various other fairy types of the British Isles and beyond, Sugg investigates 'the great heresy of fairyland' in folklore, the arts, and historical testimony. This panoramic guide to the sights, sounds, and even smells of fairies . . . begins sensibly enough with the question of fairy geography, charting real-world locations of fairy sightings . . . The book continues with an absorbing range of reports from those claiming to have seen fairies . . . as well as the more scholarly accounts of figures such as Arthur Conan Doyle and the composer Thomas Wood.' (Elizabeth Dearnley Times Literary Supplement)'Far from the innocuous flutterings of Disney films, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries fairies were often regarded as dangerous creatures. Abduction, murder, being forced to dance to death: these were only a few of the fates they could hand out, and people lived in real fear of their otherworldly strangeness. This account of apparent 'sightings,' and what they tell us about wider society, makes for compelling reading.' (History Revealed)'An intriguing book that makes you view nature�s unknown worlds very differently.' (Yorkshire Gazette and Herald)�An instant classic: one of our best books on the supernatural past and present.� (Simon Young, coauthor of 'Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies 500 AD to the Present')�Sugg provides both a richly entertaining introduction to the history of fairyland and a thoughtful exploration of the nature of belief.�This book may not make you believe in fairies, but it will make you appreciate why such beliefs should be taken seriously.� (Darren Oldridge, University of Worcester) Read more About the Author Richard Sugg is the author of eight books, including Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires; A Century of Ghost Stories; and A Singing Mouse at Buckingham Palace. Read more
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