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'.
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Hardback Editions
January 1994 : Hardback
| Title: The Brazen Head Author(s): John Cowper Powys ISBN: 0-912568-11-9 / 978-0-912568-11-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 1969 : Hardback
| Title: The Brazen Head Author(s): John Cowper Powys ISBN: 0-356-01790-7 / 978-0-356-01790-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Macdonald Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1956 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
September 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Brazen Head Author(s): John Cowper Powys ISBN: 0-571-24213-8 / 978-0-571-24213-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber Finds Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1978 : Paperback
| Title: Brazen Head (Picador Books) Author(s): John Cowper Powys ISBN: 0-330-25419-7 / 978-0-330-25419-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Macmillan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
1969 : Unknown
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