The Fairy TellersFairy tales are not just fairy tales: they are records of historical phenomena, telling us something about how Western civilisation was formed. In this book, travel writer Nick Jubber explores their secret history of fairy tales: the people who told them, the landscapes that forged them, and the cultures that formed them.

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With his extraordinary charm and sense of wonder

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