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Learn moreA beautiful, whimsical, and powerful tale, Lord Dunsany’s poetic use of language captures the strangeness and mystery of fairy tale magic and reminds us that not all fantasy epics have to culminate in a pitched battle between good and evil.
Praised by writers as diverse as Neil Gaiman, Arthur C. Clarke, and H. P. Lovecraft, The King of Elfland’s Daughter stands alongside the works of Tolkien and C. S. Lewis as one of the cornerstones of twentieth-century fantasy literature.
Sent forth on a quest to bring magic to the Vale of Erl, the young lord Alveric obtains a sword of thunderbolt iron, and crosses the twilight border into Elfland, returning with the beautiful Princess Lirazel as his bride.
But, for two people from different worlds, however much in love, happiness is not guaranteed, and in the fields we know, where all things are subject to the remorseless march of time, nothing truly lives happily ever after …
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, (1878–1957) was a prolific writer and dramatist, writing mostly in the fantasy genre. Although born in London, he lived most of his life at Dunsany Castle in Ireland. The list of writers influenced by his work reads like a who’s who of twentieth-century genre fiction.
Malk Williams is a voice talent and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator.
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“The novel’s unique journeys and events are matched by Dunsany’s rich and lyrical prose and by his contagious intoxication with the magic and marvels of both Elfland and our own world.”
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