These Restless Isles. 49 stories of folklore from around the United Kingdom

These Restless Isles: Forty-Nine Legends from the Real Places of Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland

Most of the legends in this book happened somewhere you can still visit. A drowned kingdom off the Welsh coast. A wood on the English border. A loch in the Highlands. A hillside in Ireland. This is folklore rooted in the actual map, not a storybook nowhere-land, and that's what makes it so easy to fall into.

These Restless Isles brings together forty-nine stories from across Britain and Ireland, and you can start with any single one. Each is a complete, self-contained read of ten or fifteen minutes, so this is a book you can pick up for a single story before bed, dip into on a train journey, or read start to finish over a few weeks.

Why this is a great place to start with folklore:

Real places, real footing. Every legend is tied to somewhere you can point to on a map, which makes even the strangest stories feel grounded and easy to hold onto.Read in any order. Each chapter is fully self-contained, built for readers who want to dip in rather than commit to a single long narrative.No prior knowledge required. Written for readers coming to folklore for the first time as much as for those who already love it.A story and its history, together. You get the atmosphere of the legend and the satisfaction of understanding it, in every single chapter.