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About This Event
Sarah Clegg has a PhD in ancient history from the University of Cambridge. She is the author ofWoman's LoreandThe Dead of Winter.She is a former bookseller and now works in publishing.
Sarah joins us forPerilous Enchantment, a revelatory and bewitching history of fairies and the ever-changing role they have played in our imagination.
We often think of them as tiny, glittering creatures fluttering about in pastel tulle, but fairies haven't always been so benign...
Here, historian Sarah Clegg explores the true history of fairies, and the menace and ambiguity that always lurks within the shimmering fantasy.
This history takes us from elf fires in Iceland to a burial mound in Ireland; and from a stream in Cottingley where two sisters created a fairy hoax to a modern-day fairy ball in Los Angeles.
Dates: 14th Oct 26, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: The Bookshop
Categories: Festivals, Tours & Guides, Entertainment, Family Friendly, Great Outdoors
Book tickets at the event website.
Contact: Phone: 01904 313626