A Book of Magic Horses
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| A Book of Magic Horses | |
| Author | Ruth Manning-Sanders |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Robin Jacques |
| Cover artist | Robin Jacques |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fairy Tales |
| Publisher | Methuen & Co. Ltd. |
| Publication date | 1984 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 123 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-416-28070-6 |
A Book of Magic Horses is a 1984 anthology of 16 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.
[edit] Table of contents
- 1. The Dapple Horse (France)
- 2. Rubizal's Black Horse (Bohemia)
- 3. Beedul-a-bup! (Jamaica)
- 4. The Adventures of Gregor (Poland)
- I. The Fisherman and the Devil
- II. The Hut in the Desert
- III. The White Horse
- I. How Baldwin Found the Princess
- II. Baldwin Meets Ismainy the Sorceress
- III. Baldwin Frees the Princess
- IV. Ismainy's Last Trick
- 8. Malegy's Palfrey (Netherlands)
- 9. What Came of Quarreling (Africa)
- 10. Franz the Garden Boy (Denmark)
- I. The White Mare
- II. The Princess
- I. The Requiem
- II. Monster Grabber
- III. The King's Daughter
- 13. The New Horse (Schleswig Holstein)
- 14. The Beauty of the Golden Star (Sicily)
- 15. How Jack Made His Fortune (Cornwall)
- 16. Wits But No Money (Russia)
