I'm going to kick off the book recommendations with an oldie - in fact, technically it's a kids' novel.
The Children of Lir by Michael Scott
It's a brilliantly told version of the famous Irish legend of four children who fall prey to their wicked stepmother. She wants to kill them, but she can't because they are Tuantha De Dannan (Irish fairies) and practically immortal, so she does the next best thing and transforms them into swans - an enchantment that lasts 900 years.
It's very short, very readable and it was only £1.95 when I bought it back in the eighties.
It's a brilliantly told version of the famous Irish legend of four children who fall prey to their wicked stepmother. She wants to kill them, but she can't because they are Tuantha De Dannan (Irish fairies) and practically immortal, so she does the next best thing and transforms them into swans - an enchantment that lasts 900 years.
It's very short, very readable and it was only £1.95 when I bought it back in the eighties.
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