| A Surfeit of Mirrors Contributor(s): Regnier, Henri De (Author), Stableford, Brian (Adapted by) |
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ISBN: 161227076X ISBN-13: 9781612270760 Publisher: Hollywood Comics OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5" W x 8" (0.91 lbs) 380 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Henri de R gnier (1864-1936) was by far the most prolific and the most popular of the Symbolist writers. His high fantasy stories, collected in La Canne de jaspe (1897) and Histoires Incertaines (1919), both included in this volume with several additional genre tales, were best-selling books, reprinted numerous times and still in print today. A Byronesque man born out of his time, spiritually anchored in the 18th century, R gnier updated classic fairy tales and told stories of ghosts, monsters and creatures from Faerie, all set against the cold palaces and enchanted forests of the past centuries. In this classic of high fantasy, you will discover untold tales of Bluebeard and Scheherazade, learn of the legends of the Lady of the Seven Mirrors and the Knight Who Fell Asleep in the Snow, marvel at the adventures of Hermagore the Fisherman and Monsieur d'Amercoeur, who frequented the beds of princesses and the courts of kings, who bore the sword and wore the mask... |