Myths & fairy tales

A haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home

You think you know these stories, don’t you?

You are wrong.

You don’t know them at all.

THE INSTANT TOP 5 IRISH BESTSELLER

‘Wild, singular…gripped me from the start’ DOUGLAS STUART

'Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS

‘Intelligent, probing’ MAGGIE O'FARRELL

‘A gorgeous, mysterious read’ AISLING BEA

‘I adored it’ LOUISE KENNEDY

THE INSTANT TOP 5 IRISH BESTSELLER

‘Wild, singular…gripped me from the start’ DOUGLAS STUART

'Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS

‘Intelligent, probing’ MAGGIE O'FARRELL

‘A gorgeous, mysterious read’ AISLING BEA

‘I adored it’ LOUISE KENNEDY

THE INSTANT TOP 5 IRISH BESTSELLER

‘Wild, singular…gripped me from the start’ DOUGLAS STUART

'Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS

‘Intelligent, probing’ MAGGIE O'FARRELL

‘A gorgeous, mysterious read’ AISLING BEA

‘I adored it’ LOUISE KENNEDY

A haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home

A haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home

A haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home

‘Magical and evocative’ Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

‘Heartachingly poignant’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong

‘Superb … radically new and beautiful’ Observer

‘Magical and evocative’ Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

‘Heartachingly poignant’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong

"'Take my camel, dear," said my Aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return to High Mass.' Thus starts, with one of the most famous opening lines in modern English literature, Rose Macaulay's classic novel, The Towers of Trebizond.

‘Gasp in wonder’ Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf

‘Electrifying’ Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch

‘Gasp-inducing’ AnOther

‘Joyous, defiant’ Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water

‘Visionary’ Guardian