The Brazen Head (Paperback, Main)

In this panoramic novel of Friar Roger Bacon, John Cowper Powys displays his genius at its most fecund. First published in 1956, this novel, set in thirteenth-century Wessex, is an amalgam of all the qualities that make John Cowper Powys unique. The love-story of Lil-Umbra and Raymond de Laon, and the quest of the Mongolian giant, Peleg, for Ghosta, the girl seen, loved, and lost on the battlefield, are intermingled with the historical, theological and magical threads which form the brocade of this novel. Dominating all is the mysterious creation of Roger Bacon one of the boldest as well as most intricate of Powys' world-changing inventions. Professor G. Wilson Knight called this 'A book of wisdom and wonders'.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2008
First published:	September 2008
Authors:	John Cowper Powys
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	348
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-24213-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-571-24213-8
Barcode:	9780571242139

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