The Cloak of Kings’ Beards: Three Tales for Europe

These retellings from the manuscripts of Iolo Morgannwg were first published as ‘The Cloak of Kings’ Beards: Three Welsh Folk Tales’ in New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, 24th September 2018, and now appear as ‘Three Tales for Europe’ in Pugnacious Little Trolls: Twenty-Three Stories.

Publisher: Cockatrice Books, 2021 | ISBN: 978-1912368242 | Format: 20.3×12.7cm paperback | Length: 132 pages | Price: £6.99.

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