{"product_id":"book-ehxg","title":"The Book of Taliesin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Penguin Classic is performed by David Sibley, best known for Henry V, War \u0026amp; Peace and Silent Witness. This definitive recording is translated by, and includes an introduction by Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan William.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaliesin's is one of the most important names in all Welsh literature - and one of its greatest mysteries. He has fascinated and inspired some of our greatest poets, including Tennyson and Robert Graves. He is a poet; a shapeshifter; a seer; a chronicler of battles fought, by sword and with magic, between the ancient kingdoms of the fifth- and sixth-century British Isles; a bridge between old Welsh mythologies and the new Christian theology; and a figure whose literary legend culminated with the compilation in thirteenth-century North Wales of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Taliesin\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology gathering the work of some 700 years of anonymous hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the first volume since 1915 to gather the \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Taliesin \u003c\/i\u003ein its entirety, Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan Williams's artfully accessible translation makes these outrageous, swaggering and joyful poems available to a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© Gwyneth Lewis, Rowan Williams 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369125814576,"sku":"BDehxg","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/113889-ehxg-Square.jpg?v=1734622659","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ehxg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}