The Palace of Morgana and Other Fantasy Tales

The first human being in fairy-haunted England witnesses the battles between the light-loving fairies and their thunderous, mountain-dwelling brothers, the giants... Alexander the Great is granted a glimpse of the fate of all would-be world-conquerors, and trembles... Flighty, fun-seeking youths idle away the languorous hours by asking a magician what wonders he can show them... A novice in a monastery allows his hunger for forbidden knowledge to lead him to a dangerous book, and an even mo...