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The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings: A medieval ghost story

Dan Jones

3.45/5 (1325 ratings)

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One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth. It was dank, wet and gloomy; he couldn't wait to get home and sit in front of a blazing fire.

Then, out of nowhere, the tailor is knocked off his horse by a raven, who then transforms into a hideous dog, his mouth writhing with its own innards. The dog issues the tailor with a he must go to a priest and ask for absolution and return to the road, or else there will be consequences...

First recorded in the early fifteenth century by an unknown monk, The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings was transcribed from the Latin by the great medievalist M.R. James in 1922. Building on that tradition, now bestselling historian Dan Jones retells this medieval ghost story in crisp and creepy prose.

Format:: Kindle Edition

Pages:: 96 pages

Publication:: 2021

Publisher:: Head of Zeus

Edition:: UK Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1801101302

ISBN13:: 9781801101301

kindle Asin:: B08PL5ZDY4

The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings: A medieval ghost story

Dan Jones

3.45/5 (1325 ratings)

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One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth. It was dank, wet and gloomy; he couldn't wait to get home and sit in front of a blazing fire.

Then, out of nowhere, the tailor is knocked off his horse by a raven, who then transforms into a hideous dog, his mouth writhing with its own innards. The dog issues the tailor with a he must go to a priest and ask for absolution and return to the road, or else there will be consequences...

First recorded in the early fifteenth century by an unknown monk, The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings was transcribed from the Latin by the great medievalist M.R. James in 1922. Building on that tradition, now bestselling historian Dan Jones retells this medieval ghost story in crisp and creepy prose.

Format:: Kindle Edition

Pages:: 96 pages

Publication:: 2021

Publisher:: Head of Zeus

Edition:: UK Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1801101302

ISBN13:: 9781801101301

kindle Asin:: B08PL5ZDY4

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