![]() ![]() ![]() All the important details are here, with some modifications, like that Jennet isn't pregnant here (but it's implied they were doing things). It follows the text very well, too, which in Yolen's version is the story of a Scottish clanswoman called Jennet MacKenzie who, bent on reclaiming her heirloom of Carterhaugh Castle, goes there and finds the fairy knight Tam Lin, whom she falls in love with, and on Halloween night rescues him as he's passing by the Miles Cross well on his way to be sacrificed. I love Mikolaycak's style so much, I find it reminiscent of Trina Schart Hyman's style, another favourite of mine. It is lyrical even when it's in prose, thanks to Jane Yolen's amazing storytelling talent, and brags very gorgeous artwork as well by Charles Mikolaycak, one of the greatest book illustrators ever in my opinion. To date, this is the best adaptation of the Scottish ballad I've found. ![]()
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