Books with author KENNETH WILLIAMS

'Beowulf' may rightly be pronounced the great national epic of theAnglo-Saxon race. Not that it exalts the race so much as that itpresents the spirit of the Anglo-Saxon peoples, the ideals and aims,the manners and customs, of our ancestors, and that it does so insetting before us a great national hero. Beowulf himself was not anAnglo-Saxon. He was a Geat-Dane; but he belonged to that confraternityof nations that composed the Teutonic people. He lived in an heroicage, when the songs of the wandering singers were of the great deeds ofoutstanding men. The absolute epic of the English people has yet to bewritten. To some extent Arthur, though a British King--that is to say,though he was King of the Celtic British people, who were subsequentlydriven into the West, into Cornwall and Wales and Strathclyde, by ourSaxon ancestors--became nationalized by our Anglo-Norman ancestors asa typical King of the English people. He has become the epic King ofthe English in the poetry of Tennyson. It is always a mystery to thewriter that no competent singer among us has ever laid hands upon ourown Saxon hero, King Alfred. It is sometimes said that there is nothingnew under the sun, that there is nothing left for the modern singerto sing about, and that the realm of possible musical production isfast vanishing out of view. Certainly this is not true of poetry. BothAlfred and Arthur are waiting for the sympathetic voice that will tellforth to the world the immortal splendour of their personalities. Andjust as the Anglo-Normans idealized Arthur as a hero-king of theEnglish nation, though he really fought against the English, so theSaxon singer of Beowulf has idealized this Geatish chieftain, and insome way set him forth as the idealized chieftain of the Teutonic race.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

From the writer of the In The Shadow of the Black Sun Trilogy.Book One: A Dream of StormsBook Two: Shards of S'DarinBook Three: Mournenhile...comes a new fantasy novel.The majestic city of Embremere had been built on an immense platform high above the surface of the lake, with the poor and criminal element creating their own society below it in a world they called The Under. Into this world, Grivvin Lo'Rynin is exiled. He is the last of the Wychan, Embremere's high order of wizards who have, over the generations, lost their power. And now he is an outcast. As fate would have it, a young girl named Lyrica pulls him from the churning waves that night, saving his life and dragging him along on a dangerous adventure facing whirlpools, dragons and the grey-skinned fish-men called the Cuda, who cruelly rule The Under.Can Grivvin survive in this strange land long enough to unlock the secrets of Wychan magic and seek revenge on the nobles that branded him useless? What dark secrets lie at the bottom of Lake Embremere?If you enjoy Embremere, don't forget that Book 2 is also available. Return to Embremere continues the tale of Grivvin and his companions.

This is Book 2 in the Tales of Embremere series. Book 1 is simply called Embremere.Horrific creatures have begun to appear in The Under. Through the careless use of Wychan magic, Grivvin has unknowingly resurrected long dead monsters lying at the bottom of Lake Embremere. It is soon discovered that only magic can destroy them, physical weapons only stopping them temporarily. Even the vicious Cuda are threatened by the rising terror and through the kidnapping of a friend, force Grivvin to set about ridding The Under of this unholy horde. Can Grivvin and his new friends find a way to destroy these creatures? Is his growing power strong enough? Will Modmargen, God of the Cuda live up to his end of their bargain? Join a new cast of young characters in the latest installment in the Tales of Embremere series. Adventure Fantasy for all ages.

This is a great humorous book for children between the ages of eight to fourteen (and maybe older - much older). The humour comes from the Celtic nations of the UK and Ireland, which include: the Scottish, the Irish, the Welsh and the Cornish people.The Celts have a great capacity for self mocking and it is they themselves who have penned most of these funny and sometimes downright silly jokes.The reader will in addition, gain some insight into how Celtic people think and behave in various situations.