The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings

Resumen del libro

A chilling medieval ghost story, retold by bestselling historian Dan Jones. Published in a beautiful small-format hardback, perfect as a Halloween read or a Christmas gift. One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth.

It was dank, wet and gloomy; he couldn't wait to get home and sit in front of a blazing fire. Then, out of nowhere, the tailor is knocked off his horse by a raven, who then transforms into a hideous dog, his mouth writhing with its own innards. The dog issues the tailor with a warning: he must go to a priest and ask for absolution and return to the road, or else there will be consequences...

First recorded in the early fifteenth century by an unknown monk, The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings was transcribed from the Latin by the great medievalist M.R. James in 1922. Building on that tradition, now bestselling historian Dan Jones retells this medieval ghost story in crisp and creepy prose.

Biografía del autor

Dan Jones (1981) es un escritor, presentador de televisión, periodista e historiador especializado en la Edad Media. Estudió en la Universidad de Cambridge, donde fue discípulo de David Starkey. Jones se ha convertido en uno de los historiadores más populares de la actualidad en Reino Unido gracias a sus obras de divulgación histórica y programas de televisión como Secrets of Great British Castles, que se emite en Netflix.