About this title: Eclectic British scholar SABINE BARING-GOULD (1834-1924) inspired My Fair Lady, wrote the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers," and published more than five hundred literary works. Among his foremost folkloric studies is 1865's The Book of Werewolves, the first serious academic study of the shape-shifters of mythological lore. "This work is the most ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: MERCHANT BOOK COMPANY LIMITED
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Ex-Library Paperback. USED, BUT IN GOOD CONDITION. front end page missing. Ex-library. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Senate, London
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. xiii, 266p. : ill.; 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Originally published: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1865. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Senate
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Merchant Book Company Limited
Date Published: 01/01/1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Merchant Book Company Limited
Date Published: 01/01/1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Senate
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Near Fine. A near fine copy of this softcover; some edgewear and a slight crease on rear cover. Spine tight and no previous owner's marks. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Senate, London
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 15) Book/cover clean, bright, very good condition. xiii, 266p. : ill.; 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Originally published: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1865. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
Date Published: 25/08/2006
ISBN-13:9780486449968ISBN:0486449963
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Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: Senate, London-England
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Very Good. 1859580726. Book in excellent condition. Interior is clean and without any marks. Introduction by Nigel Suckling. Front cover: the princess and the wolves in the forest.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 266 pages. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: London, England: Senate, 1995, London, England
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. NF, Trade, clean and tight, No Markings and No Creases, pages beginning to yellow. "Classic reference work on werewolves first published in 1865. " read more
"This full moon waxes in my blood. There can be no doubt that I have wholly transformed, berserker, both tiger and wolf, made for moonlight, loping tirelessly through pulsing hills. A perfectly logical explanation for everything, and the truth shall set you free."
"Sabine Baring-Gould's Book of Werewolves (which was recommended to me by several people here) was originally published in 1865. Baring-Gould treats the phenomenon of the werewolf as a psychological aberration, as essentially a delusional state. He also relates it to cannibalism, and seems to see at lest some of those so afflicted as being what we today would call serial killers. He also links it to the behaviour of the notorious Norse berserkers, who would suffer from an insane battle rage. His speculations on the origin the various names by which werewolves were known in different European languages is intriguing, especially the idea that the term may derive from a word for an outlaw, a man condemned effectively to run with the wolves. He has plenty of interesting Scandinavian folklore and legends on the subject in the book, and also a chilling account of the career and crimes of the infamous Gilles de Retz (or Gilles de Rais), the 15th century French nobleman who murdered hundreds of children. I'm not sure exactly how he saw the connection between de Retz and werewolves, but it's interesting anyway. A fascinating little book."
"this is no book on how to be careful late at night when walking the moors of England. This is a good look into the history of the werewolf myth, with an extremely interesting account of true lycanthropic accounts involving persons of history and mass murder."
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