The determined and lively Czech people offer their lively perspectives on life through their vivid folk and fairy tales.
Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of myths, folklore and the fantastic..
FLAME TREE 451 : From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies.
Such stories cling to the fantasy that all will come well in the end and that justice will be well served by truth, common threads in the proud folklore of the Slavic peoples throughout the world.
With a new introduction this new collection brings you classic tales including \'The Three Roses\', \'The Witch and the Horseshoes\', \'The Haunted Mill\' and \'The Soldier and the Devil\'.
Their lively stories are parables and moral fables, rich with satire and the weave of determination in the face of grim reality.
The Czech people trace their roots through medieval Bohemia and further back to the ancient Western Slavs before the start of the Viking Age.
The determined and lively Czech people offer their lively perspectives on life through their vivid folk and fairy tales