A Diversity of Dragons - a fascinating exploration of dracomachy, dracocides and dragonsbanes through the ages, with magical illustrations by John Howe. Soar on imagination's wings and see them all: from the ancient legends to the modern creations; from the firebreather that battled Beowulf to the delightful beasts of Jane Yolen and Terry Pratchett. Everything you ever wanted to know about the most fabulous creatures ever to inhabit our collective memory is here, and more, snorting fire and phosphine gas and ploughing the waters of primordial chaos. The Babylonians knew him, the Sumerians, the ancient Egyptians. He is found not only in the Bible but in China, in the Norse sagas and the lost myths of the Americas. But Anne McCaffrey is a storyteller, not an encyclopedist; and dragons are wary of dry and dusty places, like lecture rooms and libraries. So this book begins (as must all good tales) with a mysterious visitor and ends (as do all true dragon encounters) with an adventure almost too wondrous for words to tell.
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Hardback Editions
October 1997 : Hardback
| Title: A Diversity of Dragons Author(s): Anne McCaffrey, Richard Woods ISBN: 0-684-82112-5 / 978-0-684-82112-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 1997 : Hardback
| Title: A Diversity of Dragons (Pern) Author(s): Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0-06-105531-X / 978-0-06-105531-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Voyager Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 1996 : Library Binding
| Title: A Diversity of Dragons Author(s): Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0-689-31868-5 / 978-0-689-31868-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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