Damian and the Dragon: Folk and Fairy Tales from Greece

by Ruth Manning-Sanders

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Ruth Manning-Sanders, youngest daughter of an English minister, describes her childhood as “extraordinarily happy. . . with kind and understanding parents and any amount of freedom.” She read omnivorously, and she and her two sisters wrote and acted their own plays. A Shakespeare scholar at Manchester University, she later married Cornish artist George Manning-Sanders. They began married life in a horse drawn caravan, and traveled to all parts of the British Isles.
Mrs. Manning-Sanders has collected folk and fairy stories from around the world and she published more than 90 books during her lifetime.

Reviews

[David Miles · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great collection of fairy stories. My boys have enjoyed many evenings snuggled up together as we worked our way through the book. The title story is particularly lovely.

[Fiona Humphries · Rating 3 out of 5]

A classic author of a by-gone era. Enjoyable stories.