Tales From Lands Of Snow And Ice: 7 (Tales From The World's Firesides - Part 1 - Europe)

This is the first in a two volume collection of tales from Scandinavia. There is a clear and rich tradition of storytelling in the north perhaps dictated by long winter nights and roaring fires. Whenever you read the sagas or pick up on the wandering collections of Hans Christien Andersen and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen amongst many others you tap into a centuries old heritage wrapped in wonder and magic and outlandish heroism. In this volume Ive pulled together some of my favourite stories as told by Andersen Asbjørnsen Zacharias Topelius and Andrew Lang. The stories have been drawn from Langs Coloured Fairy Books Andersens Fairy Tales from The Birch and the Star and Other Stories and from Asbjørnsen collaboration on Tales from the Fjeld. As with the collections from the British Isles published recently Its always a pleasure and never a chore to re-read and re-present these lovely stories.