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Item Details
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JACK AND THE DEVIL'S PURSE
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| By: |
Duncan Williamson |
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Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1841589519 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781841589510 |
| Publisher: |
BIRLINN GENERAL |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2011 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
An expanded edition of Duncan Williamson's best selling May the Devil Walk Behind Ye! Twenty tales surviving from oral tradition are re-told by one of Scotlands master yarn spinners. Williamson provides fascinating insight into the beliefs about evil, suffering, and temptation held by travellers. |
| Synopsis: |
Devil stories are always fascinating, entertaining and disturbing. These twenty tales, re-told by one of Scotland's master storytellers, are a fascinating insight into Traveller beliefs about evil, temptation and suffering in which the Devil exists not to punish, but to outwit you in a contest of intelligence and knowledge. This collection is an expanded edition of Duncan Williamson's best-selling May the Devil Walk Behind Ye!, originally published by Canongate. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Birlinn Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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