From the isles of dream: Visionary stories and poems of the Celtic renaissance

by John Matthews

Near Fine. First Edition Paperback. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to two page corners and no bumping to corners. 286pp. Visionary stories and poems of the Celtic Renaissance of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ISBN 0863155235

286 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1993

About the author

John Matthews is an historian, folklorist and author. He has been a full time writer since 1980 and has produced over ninety books on the Arthurian Legends and Grail Studies, as well as short stories and a volume of poetry. He has devoted much of the past thirty years to the study of Arthurian Traditions and myth in general. His best known and most widely read works are ‘Pirates’ (Carlton/Atheneum), No 1 children’s book on the New York Times Review best-seller list for 22 weeks in 2006, ‘The Grail, Quest for Eternal Life’ (Thames & Hudson, 1981) ‘The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Wisdom’ (Element, 1994) and ‘The Winter Solstice’ (Quest Books, 1999) which won the Benjamin Franklin Award for that year. His book ‘Celtic Warrior Chiefs’ was a New York Public Library recommended title for young people.

Reviews

[Hannah Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Visionary. Sublime. Unique. These are all words that aptly apply here. John Matthews has excellent taste so when I saw he had edited this anthology I knew it would be a winner. The format of this book reminds of another of his books, one where he authored the tales, called "The Song of Taliesin," which I also highly recommend reading. I borrowed this book on a whim without researching it much beforehand, so I was pleased that I had not encountered any of these stories in previous books. I checked this out from the library, but now I think I have to own it. :) Matthews' stuff never ceases to inspire me.
(I also noticed this is the only review on this book with text which is surprising to me. Hopefully my review will encourage more people to pick this book up and give it a try, it really is excellent.)