Beowulf : dragon slayer
2001, First Edition. Red Fox Classics, London. First edition in this form. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #437392
ISBN: 9781849417914
Summary; "A classic tale of high adventure, desperate enterprises and bloody encounters made vividly real in Rosemary Sutcliff's masterful retelling. Grendel prowled in, hating all men and all joy and hungry for human life. So swift was his attack that no man heard an outcry; but when the dawn came, thirty of Hothgar's best and noblest thanes were missing. Only Beowulf, foremost among warriors, has the strength and courage to battle with Grendel the Night-stalker. In this thrilling re-telling of the Anglo-Saxon legend, Rosemary Sutcliff recounts Beowulf's most terrifying quests- against Grendel the man-wolf, against the hideous sea-hag and, most courageous of all - his fight to the death with the monstrous fire-drake". Contents; The seafarers - The Danish shore - Hrothgar's Hall - Grendel - Terror comes again - The sea-hag - The sail-road home - The fire-drake's hoard - The death of Beowulf. Subjects; Beowulf Juvenile fiction. Children's stories. Fiction. Folklore. Juvenile works.
Price: €10.95