Reynard the Fox /
Avery, Anne Louise,
Reynard the Fox / retold by Anne Louise Avery. - xxix, 449 pages : color maps ; 21 cm
"Based on William Caxton's bestselling 1481 English translation from the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterization, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story"--Dust jacket.
"Reynard--a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders--is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors. How will he pit his wits against his accusers--greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound, and dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf--to escape the gallows?"--Dust jacket flap.
9781851245550 1851245553
Reynard, the Fox (Legendary character)
Foxes--Fiction.
Animals--Fiction.
Folklore--France.
East Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Reynard the Fox / retold by Anne Louise Avery. - xxix, 449 pages : color maps ; 21 cm
"Based on William Caxton's bestselling 1481 English translation from the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterization, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story"--Dust jacket.
"Reynard--a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders--is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors. How will he pit his wits against his accusers--greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound, and dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf--to escape the gallows?"--Dust jacket flap.
9781851245550 1851245553
Reynard, the Fox (Legendary character)
Foxes--Fiction.
Animals--Fiction.
Folklore--France.
East Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.