The King of Elfland's Daughter - Lord Dunsany

n nBefore the fellowships and wardrobes and dire wolves...n n...there was the village of Erl and the Kingdom of Elfland. n nConsidered formative to the development of the fairy tale and high fantasy subgenres, The King of Elfland's Daughter follows Alveric, who leaves home on a quest with a few basic instructions: locate the Princess Lirazel in Elfland, convince her to return to Erl and marry him, and together produce the first magical Lord of Erl.n nBut what happens when a village gets exactly what it asked for? n nHow does an elf learn to live as a human?n nIs love lost once, lost forever?n nThe people of Erl are about to find out.n nTake a walk through the fields we know and see if you can spot the pale-blue peaks of the Elfland Mountains. Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Neil Gaiman will adore Lord Dunsany's influential 1924 classic as much as those authors themselves did.n