Aslauga’s Knight
Aslauga’s Knight

Author: Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

Publisher: Blackdown Publications

Published: 2015-12-03

Total Pages: 68

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“Her name was Hildegardis, and she was acknowledged far and wide as the fairest of maidens.” Froda, a brave and generous Danish knight, reads the century old legend of Queen Aslauga and his life is forever changed. On his journey to a tournament, where the prize is the hand of the beautiful Lady Hildegardis, he encounters the quiet but courageous German knight, Edwald. Both driven by honour and love, the strength of their friendship is tested through the tournament and the subsequent abduction of Hildegardis. Ghosts and witches, magic and combat, abound in this tale of love and friendship.

Sara Crewe – The Little Princess
Sara Crewe – The Little Princess

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Publisher: Blackdown Publications

Published: 2014-02-05

Total Pages: 93

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Raised in India by her affluent and adoring father, Captain Ralph Crewe, Sara was sent to London to be educated at Miss Minchin’s Seminary for Young Ladies at the age of seven. Impressed by Captain Crewe’s fortune, and wishing to keep Sara at the school as long as possible, Miss Minchin allows Sara luxuries far beyond those of her other parlour boarders—that is until the day of Sara’s eleventh birthday when Sara receives the devastating news of her adored father’s death. Suddenly penniless, Miss Minchin banishes Sara to the garret to work as a servant alongside Becky, the seminary’s young scullery maid. Though starved and abused, Sara uses imagination and friendship—with Becky, Ermengarde, and Lottie—to make the best of her change in situation and fortunes. However, hope is on the horizon, in the guise of a monkey and his mysterious owner who lives next door… 3 Acts; Cast - 5 male, 3 female, 1 boy, and 14 girls; Setting - 1902, London

Talia, The Sleeping Beauty
Talia, The Sleeping Beauty

Author: Charles Perrault

Publisher: Blackdown Publications

Published: 2014-09-23

Total Pages: 46

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“The Princess Talia shall pierce her hand with a spindle and die of the wound.” Drawing on the versions by Perrault and Basile, this new retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty fairytale tells the story of Talia, a Princess, who is cursed by a slighted Fairy to die of a wound from a spindle. However, her destiny is re-imagined by another Fairy to sleep until awoken by the son of a King, who will have to deal with an enchanted wood and an ogre before he can live in peace with Talia, and their two children, Sun and Moon... In addition, this book contains English translations of the original tales by Perrault and Basile, ‘The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood’ and ‘Sun, Moon and Talia.’ [Folklore Type: ATU-410 (The Sleeping Beauty)]