An epic and folkloric poem set in seventh-century Northumbria.
An epic poem set in seventh-century Northumbria on the eve of the Synod of Whitby.
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An epic and folkloric poem set in seventh-century Northumbria.
An epic poem set in seventh-century Northumbria on the eve of the Synod of Whitby.
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An epic poem set in seventh-century Northumbria on the eve of the Synod of Whitby. Brother Oswin (who first appeared in Beagrie’s Leásungspell) travels to Streanæshealh across a wild landscape steeped in magic and folklore. There he is shunned as a boggart, elf-king, merman and the cursed puck responsible for spreading the pandemic that rages through the kingdom. Meanwhile the politics of faith, fealty, liberty and power play out through the lives of the people he encounters. Written in a hybrid of Old English and Northern vernaculars, the book conjures a sense of place that runs deep into the collective imagination.
About the Author
Bob Beagrie’s many books include The Seer Sung Husband, Leásungspell and Civil Insolencies (all published by Smokestack), Yoik, SAMPO: Heading Further North (with Andy Willoughby), This Game of Strangers and Remnants (both with Jane Burn). He runs with Andy Willoughby Ek Zuban press and the Electric Kool-Aid Cabaret. His poetry has been translated into Finnish, Estonian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Urdu. He lives in Middlesbrough.
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