Legend Land, Vol. 3

The railway carried more than passengers through the hills of Wales and the cliffs of Cornwall. It carried stories. This third volume in Barham's beloved Legend Land series gathers folklore that had passed through generations of fireside tellers before being committed to print in the early 20th century. Here are tales of saints and smugglers, of drowned kingdoms and fairy mounds, of the old gods who still whisper in the wind above the moors. The book captures a Britain that existed before cinema, before television, when these legends were still alive in the mouths of the people who walked those ancient landscapes. Barham wrote with genuine reverence for the traditions he collected, preserving voices that might otherwise have fallen silent. For readers who have ever stood on a Welsh hillside or a Cornish cliff and felt the pull of something older than memory, this collection offers a portal back to the Britain of legend.