โ Scribed by Edna O'Brien
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In Tales for the Telling you'll meet giants and leprechauns, heroes and princessesEdna O'Brien's collection of twelve quintessentially Irish stories of love and high deeds, which have been passed from generation to generation, are retold in her distinctive narrative style, brimming with magic and myth, nonsense and naughtiness.
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