![]() ![]() ![]() They have history and character and stories to tell other than the obvious ones. Please remember that these are all vintage books that have often seen better days but, for me and hopefully you too, therein lies their charm. In the first novel, The Jewel in the Skull, the reader was introduced to Dorian Hawkmoon, the Duke of Kln, a recalcitrant nobleman who opposed his duchys. Through our Etsy page we hope to be able to pass on to like minded souls some of the treasures we find on our wanderings. A Britain where the ghosts are unquiet, where the woods are alive and where distinctions between the present, the future and the past are permeable. 'In the introduction to Swords of Heaven, Flowers of Hell Moorcock expresses his distaste for the more baroque American styles of comic book art, and judging by Jim Cawthorns Jewel in the Skull, he may have a point.Cawthorns book is simultaneously the least elaborate and the most visually effective book discussed here. Stories that explore a Britain other than the one we think we know. Wyrd Britain is a blog (and Facebook page) concerned with stories in, of, from and about the stranger places of Britain. ![]() In pretty good condition with some shelf wear.Ī previous owner has stuck a sticker with her personal details on it inside the front cover. ![]() The novel is set at some indeterminate time in a post-nuclear holocaust future, where science and sorcery co-exist and the Dark Empire of Granbretan (Great Britain) is expanding across Europe. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |