Irish Fairy Tales (Illustrated)

Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustrations and sixteen color plates. The stories are set in a wooded, Medieval Ireland filled with larger-than-life hunters, warriors, kings, and fairies. Many stories concern the Fianna and their captain, Fionn mac Uail, from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. James Stephens (9 February 1880 - 26 December 1950) was an Irish novelist and poet. James Stephens' birth is somewhat shrouded in mystery.