- Hardcover: 72 pages
- Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd (25 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845133072
- ISBN-13: 978-1845133078
- Product Dimensions: 15.4 x 14.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 384,566 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mike Harding’s first four Little Books for Aurum, published nine years ago – Gargoyles (9781854105615), Green Men (9781854105639), Misericords (9781854105622) and Stained Glass (9781854105646) – have each sold between 20,000 and 30,000 copies and reprinted numerous times. Now at last, as Aurum also re-jackets and re-launches these original books, Mike Harding publishes four new titles, with a stunning new cover treatment. Devils & Demons is a gallery of often luridly diabolic carvings, statues and wall-paintings from churches and chapels both across Britain and in Europe. Here are the flying demons of Great Malvern, the Hellmouth on a misericord in Shropshire, Buddhist demons in Nepal and India, not to mention diabolic cats carved in mediaeval churches in Devon and Derbyshire and Lucifer, prince of darkness, his skin turning into scrolls of leaves. Impish, leering, scary, outlandish, here are a fascinating and astonishing collection of stunningly-photographed devilry and dooms. As with all Mike Harding’s little books, this is a beautiful little gift book as well as an erudite like monograph, at a superbly competitive impulse-buy price. Mike Harding is a comedian and radio broadcaster who has a weekly show on Radio 2 on folk music and presents the annual British Folk Awards. He lives in West Yorkshire.
About the Author
Mike Harding is the author of A Guide to Tying North Country Flies and eight Little Books for Aurum, including the perennially successful books on the Green Man and Gargoyles. He is also a high-profile radio presenter with his weekly folk music show on BBC Radio 2, and hosts the annual BBC Folk Awards. He lives in West Yorkshire.
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This small book is a colourful collection containing images of demons and devils located predominantly in Western churches and cathedrals, with one or two images thrown in from Eastern cultures. Its aim is to provide a broad representation of images of satan, demons/devils, the entry to hell and Christ's triumph over the powers of darkness. The images are taken from stained glass windows, carved misericords, ceiling bosses and sculpted facades. Photographs and images are accompanied by small sections of text which explain the history and symbology surrounding the image.
I had one minor niggle with this book and that was with some of the author's choice of phrases. For example, the agents of the Reformation are described as the `Christian Taliban'. I would have preferred to have seen an air of impartiality in a book of this nature and leave the politics and personal bias aside. As I say, only a minor personal niggle and one which should not prevent you from buying this superb little book.
I purchased this book as a visual aid when discussing devils and demons with my youth group aged 11 to 15 and was not disappointed with the images contained within. Indeed several are likely to provoke discussion and amusement.
I had one minor niggle with this book and that was with some of the author's choice of phrases. For example, the agents of the Reformation are described as the `Christian Taliban'. I would have preferred to have seen an air of impartiality in a book of this nature and leave the politics and personal bias aside. As I say, only a minor personal niggle and one which should not prevent you from buying this superb little book.
I purchased this book as a visual aid when discussing devils and demons with my youth group aged 11 to 15 and was not disappointed with the images contained within. Indeed several are likely to provoke discussion and amusement.
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