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With over 50 illustrations, Hero-Myths and Legends of the British Race has legends from Iceland, Spain, Ireland and Constantinople, the common theme here is not 'British' legends per se, but heroic characters from the dark and middle ages. Notably, Ebbutt includes a number of memorable heroines as well, including the Irish Countess Cathleen, who bargained her soul to relieve a famine, the Loathly Lady, redeemed by the love of Sir Gawain, and Rymenhild, who seduces the Childe Horn.
This book has 352 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1910.
Production notes: This ebook of Hero-Myths and Legends of the British Race was published by Global Grey in 2019.
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