The King of Elfland's Daughter

lord dunsany neil gaiman

The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's Daughter has made it one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time, a masterpiece that influenced some of the greatest contemporary fantasists. The heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess is a masterful tapestry of the fairy tale following the "happily ever after."

Genres fantasyclassicsfictionromancefairy taleshigh fantasyscience fiction fantasynovelsepic fantasyliterature

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1924

Literary awards

tähtifantasia award,

This edition

Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Published: July 6, 1999 by Del Rey
ISBN: 9780345431912
ASIN: 034543191X
Language: English

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About the author

lord dunsany

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, eighteenth baron of Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work in fantasy published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than eighty books of his work were published, and his oeuvre includes hundreds of short stories, as well as successful plays, novels and essays. Born to one of the oldest titles in the Irish peerage, he lived much of his life at perhaps Ireland's longest-inhabited home, Dunsany Castle near Tara, received an honourary doctorate from Trinity College, and died in Dublin.