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Fairies by Adele Nozedar (Paperback, 2012)

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Author:Adele Nozedar. For example, what's the difference between a 'fairy' and a 'faerie'?. What is the truth behind those intriguing photographs of the Cottingley Fairies that had all of the UK in a frenzy in the early part of the 20th Century?.

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From Shakespeare's Queen of the Fairies to the Flower Fairies and the Christmas Fairy, the magical creatures have enchanted centuries of people. This book explores what makes fairies, elves and imps so special. These winged creatures have given their names to many words and phrases as one of the chapters reveals and we've been entranced by fairies since fairy tales introduced us to Fairy Godmothers. The main part of the book is an A-Z featuring thousands of fairies and their male counterparts. Each short biography will have a symbol to show where they found their fame, whether in books, films, cartoons or, like Fairy Liquid, brands and advertising. Did you know? . Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed in fairies and was taken in by a photograph which two little girls faked of fairies in Cottingley which he published in The Strand Magazine . Dandelion seeds are known as fairies . Fairy Lights were invented for Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe AUTHOR: Adele Nozedar is a former record producer and the author of Secret Language of Birds and Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols. Adele owns a New Age shop in Hay on Wye. SELLING POINTS: . A-Z of Famous Fairies from books, plays, poems, cartoons, comic strips, comics, films, TV, art, photography and legend . Essays on fairies, including the Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker . Fairies have a very strong market amongst collectors and fairy devotees and this book will tap into that dedicated following, including the many specialist societies ILLUSTRATIONS: 150-200 colour illustrations