Olejar Books

Was there ever such a beast as the monstrous Kraken? Did a Welsh prince discover America centuries before Columbus? What happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste?
With its pirates and smugglers, ghost ships and sea-serpents, fishermen's prayers and sailors' rituals, the coastline of the British Isles plays host to an astonishingly rich variety of folklore. In The Fabled Coast renowned folklorists Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood gather the most enthralling of these tales and traditions, tracing their origins and examining the facts behind the legends. The result is an endlessly fascinating and often surprising journey through our island history.