The King of Elfland's Daughter - (Del Rey Impact) by Edward John Moreton Dunsany (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In spare, vivid, hauntingly poetic prose, this long-out-of-print classic tells the tale of a young prince who dares to brave the deep and mysterious forest to find the land of Faerie--and from that magical realm bring back the Elf-Princess as his bride.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"No amount of mere description can convey more than a fraction of Lord Dunsany's pervasive charm."--H.P. Lovecraft <p/>With an introduction by Neil Gaiman<br></b><br>The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of <i>The King of Elfland's Daughter</i> has made it one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time, a masterpiece that influenced some of the greatest contemporary fantasists. The heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess is a masterful tapestry of the fairy tale following the "happily ever after." <p/><b>Praise for </b><i><b>The King of Elfland's Daughter</b></i> <p/>"We find that he has but tranfigured with beauty the common sights of the world."<b>--William Butler Yeats<br></b><br>"I shall indeed be happy if this volume contributes to the rediscovery of one of the greatest writers of this century."<b>--Arthur C. Clarke<br></b><br>"Del Rey is to be thanked for bringing these works back into print. No one can understand modern fantasy without understanding its roots, and Lord Dunsany's work is immediately significant as well as enjoyable even today."<b>--Katharine Kerr<br></b><br>"A fantasy novel in a class with the Tolkien books."<b>--L. Sprague de Camp</b><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of THE KING OF ELFLAND'S DAUGHTER has made it one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time, a masterpiece that influenced some of the greatest contemporary fantasists. The heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess is a masterful tapestry of the fairy tale following the "happily ever after."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"No amount of mere description can convey more than a fraction of Lord Dunsany's pervasive charm."<b>--H.P. Lovecraft<br></b><br>"We find that he has but tranfigured with beauty the common sights of the world."<b>--William Butler Yeats<br></b><br>"I shall indeed be happy if this volume contributes to the rediscovery of one of the greatest writers of this century."<b>--Arthur C. Clarke<br></b><br>"Del Ray is to be thanked for bringing these works back into print. No one can understand modern fantasy without understanding its roots, and Lord Dunsany's work is immediately significant as well as enjoyable even today."<b>--Katharine Kerr<br></b><br>"A fantasy novel in a class with the Tolkien books."<b>--L. Sprague de Camp</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Lord Dunsany was Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, the eighteenth baron of an ancient line. He hunted lions in Africa, taught English in Athens, fought in the Boer and Kaiserian wars, and was wounded in the service of his country. As senior peer of Ireland, he saw three sovereigns crowned at Westminster; part of the renaissance of Irish drama, he hobnobbed with Yeats and Synge and Lady Gregory during the great days of Dublin's Abbey Theatre. He was peer, sportsman, soldier, playwright, globe-trotter, and once chess champion of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. He wrote more than sixty books before his death in 1957 and influenced some of the greatest writers of our time including H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and Fritz Leiber.
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