Wizards: From Merlin to Faust
- ISBN-10
- 1472803418
- ISBN-13
- 9781472803412
- Series
- Wizards
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 80
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-20
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Authors
- David McIntee, Lesley McIntee
Description
From the wise and mysterious soothsayer with his long grey beard to the deathless necromancer practicing his dark magics in a forgotten dungeon, wizards have captured our imaginations since the earliest days of human storytelling, presenting us with some of our greatest heroes and villains. This book collects the tales of the most interesting, popular, and important spell-casters, including such legendary figures as Merlin, Simon Magus, Zhang Guo Lao, Nicolas Flamel, Dr John Dee, and Johann Georg Faust, and examines their place in history and legend. Written in modern language, each tale captures the drama, the tragedy, and the wonderment that has ensured that these stories have survived the passing centuries.
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