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The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings
The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings

The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings

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FICTION

80 Pages, 4.33 x 7.08

Formats: Hardback

Hardback, $16.95 (US $16.95) (CA $22.95)

Publication Date: September 2022

ISBN 9781801101295

Rights: US & CA

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Overview

A chilling medieval ghost story, retold by bestselling historian Dan Jones, and published in a beautiful small-format hardback.One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth. It was dank, wet and gloomy; he couldn't wait to get home and sit in front of a blazing fire.Then, out of nowhere, the tailor is knocked off his horse by a raven, who then transforms into a hideous dog, his mouth writhing with its own innards. The dog issues the tailor with a warning: he must go to a priest and ask for absolution and return to the road, or else there will be consequences...First recorded in the early fifteenth century by an unknown monk, The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings was transcribed from the Latin by the great medievalist M.R. James in 1922. Building on that tradition, now bestselling historian Dan Jones retells this medieval ghost story in crisp and creepy prose.

Author Biography

Dan Jones is a historian, broadcaster and award-winning journalist. His books, including The Templars, Crusaders and, with Marina Amaral, The Colour of Time and The World Aflame, have sold more than one million copies worldwide. He has written and hosted dozens of TV shows including the acclaimed Netflix/Channel 5 series, Secrets of Great British Castles. His writing has appeared in newspapers and magazines including the London Evening Standard, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, GQ and the Spectator.