Jack and the Devil's Purse by Duncan Williamson
Devil stories are always fascinating, entertaining and disturbing. These twenty tales, re-told by one of Scotland's master storytellers, are a fascinating insight into Traveller beliefs about evil, temptation and suffering in which the Devil exists not to punish, but to outwit you in a contest of intelligence and knowledge. This collection is an expanded edition of Duncan Williamson's best-selling May the Devil Walk Behind Ye!, originally published by Canongate.'Duncan is a first-class storyteller'
* Northern Times *'An important part of our heritage to be treasured and shared'
* Scottish Home and Country *'Superbly handled, as you would expect from this acknowledged master of storytelling'
* Scots Magazine *Duncan Williamson was one of the last, best-known of Scotland's traveller storytellers. The son, grandson and great grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers, he became known as one of the world's finest oral story-tellers, with over 3,000 stories committed to memory. He died in November 2007.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841589510 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841589519 |
| Title | Jack and the Devil's Purse |
| Author | Duncan Williamson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2011-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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