Overview

When David Thomson took a journey to the sea coasts of Scotland and Ireland to seek out the legend of the selchies - mythological creatures who transform from seals into humans - a magical world emerged. Men were rescued by seals in stormy seas, took seal-women for their wives and had their children suckled by seal-mothers. Timeless and haunting, The People of the Sea retains its spellbinding charm and brings to life the enchanting stories of these mysterious creatures of Celtic folklore.

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Author:   David Thomson ,  Seamus Heaney ,  David Thomson ,  Stewart Sanderson
Publisher:   Canongate Books
Imprint:   Canongate Canons
Edition:   Main - Canons
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.224kg
ISBN:  

9781786892461

ISBN 10:   1786892464
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   05 April 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Readers will be carried away on successive waves of pleasure . . . These stories have an irresistible holistic beauty -- SEAMUS HEANEY A splendid resurrection of a life that has almost vanished * * Daily Telegraph * * I know of few books which so ably open a window on the Gaelic scene today or which so faithfully reflect the mind, vigour and courtesy of its people . . . Pounds on the imagination like surf on a reef * * Observer * *

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David Thomson was born in India of Scottish parents in 1914. Much of his childhood was spent in the Scottish countryside, where his grandparents lived. He went on to study Modern History in Oxford, and joined the BBC in 1943, where he wrote and produced many distinguished radio programmes, including The Irish Storyteller series and a number of documentaries on animal folklore. He died in 1988.

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