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Treasures on Earth: buried wealth in landscape and legend
by Jeremy Harte
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From haunted barrows to ruined castles, Britain's landscape is rich with tales of hidden treasure - stories not just of gold, but of ghosts, curses, and forbidden knowledge. This book gathers hundreds of these traditions, showing how folklore, shaped by local memory and longing, has imagined wealth not merely as currency, but as power, danger, and loss. These legends tell of dragons, demons, and seekers armed with spells, but also of real hopes stirred by poverty, war, and the mysteries of place. Through vivid storytelling and careful insight, this book reveals how treasure lore carries the emotional weight of history. In the end, these are stories not just about what is buried, but about why we still yearn to uncover it.
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- ISBN
- 9781836391876