Sabine Baring Gould: 91 books

One of the most brilliant, eclectic thinkers in Victorian England, the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) was intrigued by the grotesque and often savage history of the Middle Ages. The noted author and folklorist’s fascination with the period resulted in this absorbing compilation of vintage...

This engrossing historical novel from Sabine Baring-Gould is set in early medieval Wales and recounts the invasion of that nation under the direction of King Henry I. During the coup, the religious leader Pabo is the target of an intense manhunt due to his long history of abusing his power.

Set in the Surrey area of southeast England and rich in local color, Sabine Baring-Gould's novel The Broom-Squire gives an account of a vicious murder that leaves an infant orphaned. She is rescued by a man of humble means and raised in his quaint and quirky community.

Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. In this collection, several of his publications related to the Supernatural have been collected into one complete set...

Some of the stories in this volume have already appeared in print. "The Red-haired Girl" in The Windsor Magazine; "Colonel Halifax's Ghost Story" in The Illustrated English Magazine; "Glámr" I told in my Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas, published in 1863, and long ago...

FROM the earliest ages of the Church, the advent of the Man of Sin has been looked forward to with terror, and the passages of Scripture relating to him have been studied with solemn awe, lest that day of wrath should come upon the Church unawares. As events in the world’s history took place which...

A Book Of Folk-Lore by Sabine Baring-Gould A study of some of the themes found in the folklore of the West of England. Topics include: The Spirit of Man; The Body of Man; The Ancient Divinities; Sacrifice; The Mystery of Death; Skulls; Pixies and Brownies; and Birth and Marriage. In...

Post-Mediaeval Preachers written by Sabine Baring-Gould who was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar . This book is one of many works by him. Published in 1865. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important...

Anglican priest and scholar Sabine Baring-Gould had a voracious and wide-ranging intellect, which over the course of his career led to the publication of over 1,000 books and collections in various genres ranging from fiction to folklore. In the Roar of the Sea is a novel that follows the travails of the Trevisa family as they struggle to navigate the aftermath of a tragedy.

ONE grey, uncertain afternoon in November, when the vapour-laden skies were without a rent, and the trailing clouds, without a fringe, were passing imperceptibly into drizzle, that thickened with coming night, when the land was colourless, and the earth oozed beneath the tread, and the sullen sea...

A thrilling tale of romance and love, suspense and deceit by Sabine Baring-Gould.

CONCERNING the purpose and scope of this little book I have but to repeat what I have said in the prefaces to my other works of the same nature—A Book of the West, A Book of Dartmoor, A Book of Brittany—that it is not intended as a Guide, but merely as an introduction to North Wales, for the use...

Anglican priest and scholar Sabine Baring-Gould had a voracious and wide-ranging intellect, which over the course of his career led to the publication of over 1,000 books and collections in various genres ranging from fiction to folklore. In the Roar of the Sea is a novel that follows the travails of the Trevisa family as they struggle to navigate the aftermath of a tragedy.

The Book of Were-Wolves by Sabine Baring-Gould was originally published in 1865 and remains the most important and most often cited book on Lycanthropy. It is as compelling today as it was more than one hundred years ago when it was first published.