The Fairy Tellers

“A wild ride” – The Times

“His cornucopia of tellers and tales is a delight, a riveting celebration of a genre that revels in its own hybridity & the imaginative riches produced by the crossing of cultural and literary borders”

– Financial Times

‘Like a child after the Pied Piper I pursued Jubber into a world both human and full of magic. A carnival of a book, rigorously researched and jostling with life’―Amy Jeffs, author of Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

‘Magical tales about magical tales and tellers. Jubber, congenially and fascinatingly, explores the land from which the great fairy stories seeped, making the stories more resonant, powerful and important than ever’―Charles Foster, author of Being a Human and Being a Beast

‘Wondrous. Jubber evokes hidden moments and atmospheres across the world, from smoke-filled dens to exquisite palaces, so beautifully that they will linger long in my memory. A treasure trove of a book’―Zoe Gilbert, author of Folk

‘A fabulous book . . . My favourite kind of nonfiction - skilled writing that takes imaginary worlds and renders them almost tangible’―Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of The Phantom Atlas

‘The Fairy Tellers brilliantly reveals all the serendipity at the heart of what we think of as eternal ... Enchanting, illuminating, and delightful' ―Jennifer Croft, author of Homesick and co-winner of the Man Booker International Prize for Flights

‘I love this book - a whole new way into these classic tales. The Fairy Tellers is full of fascinating detail, a must for those intrigued by the traditional tale. Author Nick Jubber is the real thing, a scholar gypsy of courage and skill’―Robert Twigger, award-winning author of Red Nile

‘A dazzling treasury of observation, erudition, and folklore - recounted with spellbinding sensitivity and grace’―Tahir Shah, author of In Arabian Nights

‘Jubber astutely delves into the origins and deeper meanings of fairy tales and their cultural history - the cooking pot of languages and stories which have continually fed our imagination down the centuries. A fine achievement’―James Crowden

‘In this rich and sparkling journey, Jubber follows the ink trails of the great storytellers of the past, weaving a tale of his own by turns witty, bawdy, poignant, always eye-opening’―Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, author of Beyond the Northlands

‘Fantastic, moreish and utterly original, with The Fairy-Tellers Jubber not only takes us through some wildly eclectic histories and landscapes, he also reminds us of what heights travel writing is capable of’―Caroline Eden, author of Black Sea

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