The Secret Commonwealth (Paperback)
Kirk, Robert (Author)
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Late in the 17th century, Robert Kirk, an Episcopalian minister in the Scottish Highlands, set out to collect his parishioners' many striking stories about elves, fairies, fauns, doppelgangers, wraiths and other beings of, in Kirk's words, 'a middle nature betwixt man and angel'. For Kirk these stories constituted strong evidence for the reality of a supernatural world, existing parallel to ours, which, he passionately believed demanded exploration as much as the New World across the seas.
Reviews
"Kirk's writing is often enchanting. He describes fairies with 'bodies of cond...
ISBN (SKU)
9781681373560
Pages
144
Weight
147g
Dimensions
203x127x8
Imprint
New York Review Books
Published
19, June, 2019
Genres
Witchcraft & Mythology
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