Legends of ancient castles. Balobanova E.V.

Each grandfather-haul, who has stood in the world for more than one hundred years, keeps some kind of secret. One sheltered the company of harmful trolls, in the second they kept the English king in captivity, and in the windows of the third at night they saw a pale woman in a white dress.

Amazing medieval legends about the castles and their environs came to us from folk storytellers. These are stories where Christian miracles are adjacent to mystical transformations, where brave knights and beautiful princesses live, where there is pure and sincere love.

The author of the book Ekaterina Vyacheslavovna Balobanova (1847-1927) is a Russian writer, librarian and teacher , a connoisseur of Celtic language and literature. This collection includes the legends of Brittany and the Rhine, collected by her from the words of local residents during a trip to Europe in the 1860-1870s.

The book is accompanied by many illustrations, including the early works of the artist E.E. Lancer created by him for the publication of 1899.