Links provided for convenience only, not as part of an affiliate programme Publication date: 14 th October 2021 Genre: Short Storyįind The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings on Goodreadsĭisclosure: If you buy a book via the above link, I may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookshops The dog issues the tailor with a warning: he must go to a priest and ask for absolution and return to the road, or else there will be consequences…įormat: Hardcover (96 pages) Publisher: Head of Zeus Then, out of nowhere, the tailor is knocked off his horse by a raven, who then transforms into a hideous dog, his mouth writhing with its own innards. It was dank, wet and gloomy he couldn’t wait to get home and sit in front of a blazing fire. Building on that tradition, now bestselling historian Dan Jones retells this medieval ghost story in crisp and creepy prose.One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth.
The dog issues the tailor with a warning: he must go to a priest and ask for absolution and return to the road, or else there will be consequences.įirst recorded in the early fifteenth century by an unknown monk, The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings was transcribed from the Latin by the great medievalist M.R. It was dank, wet and gloomy he couldn't wait to get home and sit in front of a blazing fire.
One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth. Published in a beautiful small-format hardback, perfect as a Halloween read or a Christmas gift. A chilling medieval ghost story, retold by bestselling historian Dan Jones.
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