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645 pages, Paperback
First published April 4, 1997
Saturday, 15 November 1539, Richard Whiting, the last abbot, was taken to Glastonbury with two of his monks, John Thorne and Roger James, where all three were fastened upon hurdles and dragged by horses to the top of Glastonbury Tor which overlooks the town. Here they were hanged, drawn and quartered, with Whiting's head being fastened over the west gate of the now deserted abbey and his limbs exposed at Wells, Bath, Ilchester and Bridgwater.
- a Welsh mythological figure, the king of the Tylwyth Teg or "fair folk" and ruler of the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn. Described as a great warrior with a "blackened face", Gwyn is intimately associated with the otherworld in medieval Welsh literature, and is associated with the international tradition of the Wild Hunt.
Gwyn ap Nudd is intimately associated with Glastonbury Tor.
The thorn on Wearyall Hill
The Abbey was destroyed by Cromwell for Henry VIII
A full month of Halloween 2015 reads (because I have so many of these on my TBR mountain!):