SECOND BOOK OF DRAGONS - 28 illustrated Stories of Dragon's from Around the World

Following Edith Nesbit’s successful book “The Book of Dragon’s”, it was unfortunate she didn’t follow this up with a sequel. But look no further! John Halsted, author and folklorist has compiled “The Second Book of Dragons” from numerous sources.

In this book you will find 28 illustrated tales of dragons and serpents drawn from the mists of time. Some are friendly dragons which provide wisdom and direction to the heroes of our stories. Others are downright wicked, oozing malice and evil, leaving the hero of the story no option but to destroy the spiteful, fire-breathing, beast. Our heroes always sally forth wilfully, but cautiously, engaging these ancient creatures to save a damsel in distress, or their families, from sure destruction and banishment to oblivion.

Herein you will find stories like The Deluded Dragon, The Gypsy And The Dragon, The Two Princes, The Dragon Of Ghent, The Magic Egg, The Great Battle, The Sword Gram And The Dragon Fafnir and many, many more. These tales have been drawn from eighteen old and forgotten books and the thirty-three illustrations are by different artists bringing styles that are as different as the stories themselves.

NOTE: Edith Nesbit, August 1858 – May 1924, wrote and published approximately 40 books for children and adults, including novels, collections of stories and picture books – not counting those she collaborated on. Amongst the many she wrote were The Railway Children, Five Children and IT,