Maiden Castle by John Cowper Powys

Maiden Castle by John Cowper Powys

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Maiden Castle, an ancient Dorchester earthwork fortress of the Celtic or pre-Celtic past, exerts its strange but powerful pagan influence over the lives and loves of Dud No-man and Wizzie Ravelton, a young woman Dud buys from a travelling circus.

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Maiden Castle by John Cowper Powys

This Hardyesque novel is the fourth in a series. Maiden Castle, an ancient Dorchester earthwork fortress of the Celtic or pre-Celtic past, exerts its strange but powerful pagan influence over the lives and loves of Dud No-man and Wizzie Ravelton, a young woman Dud buys from a travelling circus.
John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) lived in the United States as well as his native England. The author of ten novels, including A Glastonbury Romance, Weymouth Sands, and Maiden Castle, as well as many works of criticism and philosophy, he was the son of a vicar and a descendant of the poets Donne and Cowper.
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ISBN 13 9780912568188
ISBN 10 0912568186
Title Maiden Castle
Author John Cowper Powys
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Syracuse University Press
Year published 1994-08-01
Number of pages 496
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.