Fairies

A History

by Francis Young

Cover of Fairies

Reception

2026
London Review of Books
Reviewed by Nick Richardson, 10 September

London Review of Books · 10 September 2026

Nick Richardson · Cradle Scissors: Away with the Fairies

By Nick Richardson

Also reviews Briggs’s Dictionary of Fairies by Katharine Mary Briggs

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Catalogue record

352 pages

Pages: 352
ISBN: 978-1-5095-6677-8

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Pages: 352
ISBN: 978-1-5095-6677-8
Author: Young, Francis
Statement: Fairies : A History / Francis Young.

Catalogue data checked 4 October 2026