How to Slay a Dragon by Cait Stevenson - ISBN: 9781982164119
Hardcover
Fantasy quests meet real history: solve mythical problems, medieval style.

How to Slay a Dragon

A Fantasy Hero's Guide to the Real Middle Ages

  • Hardcover

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    29 September 2021

Summary

Grab your magical sword and take the place of your favorite fantasy character with this fun and historically accurate how-to guide to solving epic quests.

What should you ask a magic mirror? How do you outwit a genie? Where should you dig for buried treasure? Fantasy media’s favorite clichés get new life from How to Slay a Dragon: A Fantasy Hero’s Guide to the Real Middle Ages, a historically accurate romp through the medieval world. Each entry presents a trope from video gam…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781982164119
ISBN-10:1982164115
Author:Cait Stevenson
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon Element
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:29 September 2021
Weight:315g
Dimensions:191mm x 140mm x 23mm
About The Author

Cait Stevenson

Cait Stevenson earned her PhD in medieval history from the University of Notre Dame. She concentrates on breaking down the barriers and hierarchy among academic and popular history. As @SunAgainstGold, she moderates AskHistorians, the internet’s largest public history forum, where she also writes on topics ranging from medieval inheritance laws to whether 17th-century children playing with toy guns said their equivalent of “Pew, pew, pew.” She is proud to live and work in St. Louis, Missouri.

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