The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War (The Angels of Mons) by Arthur Machen

The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War (The Angels of Mons) by Arthur Machen

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The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War (The Angels of Mons) by Arthur Machen

Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a leading Welsh author. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons. At the age of eleven, he boarded at Hereford Cathedral School, where he received an excellent classical education. Family poverty ruled out attendance at university. Around 1890 Machen began to publish in literary magazines, writing stories influenced by the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, some of which used gothic or fantastic themes. This led to his first major success, The Great God Pan (1894), which was part of the growing aesthetic movement of the time. Machen's story was widely denounced for its sexual and horrific content and subsequently sold well, going into a second edition. Machen next produced The Three Impostors, a novel composed of a number of interwoven tales, in 1895. The novel and the stories within it were eventually to be regarded as among Machen's best works.
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ISBN 13 9781592241880
ISBN 10 1592241883
Title The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War (The Angels of Mons)
Author Arthur Machen
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Wildside Press
Year published 2005-01-28
Number of pages 56
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