Tales from the pit / Archibald Olrig Campbell ; [updated and edited by Iain Martin].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Iain.

Contributor:

Campbell, Archibald Olrig.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Scotland.

Scotland--History--To 1057--Fiction.

Assassins--Fiction.

Assassins.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

304 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Musselburgh, Scotland : Goblinshead ; Chester Springs, Pa. : U.S. Distributor, Dufour Editions, 2001.

Summary:

Tales from the Pit is set in Dark Ages Scotland and the north of England. Four prisoners are held in the Pit -- the condemned cell -- in the Bernician town of Bamburg, awaiting execution on the gallows come morning. These erstwhile companions are Margaret, a prostitute; Fergus, a freeman and farmer; Alwynia, a girl of noble birth; and Revile, an adventurer and assassin. To pass the dark time before the dawn, the assassin relates his adventures: ten tales of magic, intrigue, murder, war, and bloodshed. The origins of this novel are said to go back to the Dark Ages, reputedly back to a time not long after the events themselves took place. The set of manuscripts from which it was compiled was brought together by Archibald Olrig Campbell in Victorian times, and recently edited by Iain Martin. This will appeal to all who enjoy reading about the days of old, of sorcerers and knights, swordfights and castles.

Notes:

"The novel, or at least the set of manuscripts from which it was compiled, was brought together by Archibald Olrig Campbell in Victorian times. His work was never published, but has been updated and edited for this version of his novel ... The language has been updated and some of the structure of the stories changed"--P. 5-6.

ISBN:

1899874178

OCLC:

46693606