Scotland's Bloody Ballads

While many see poetry as concerning only Grecian urns, dancing daffodils and tigers burning bright, old Scottish ballads and poems are vividly different and tell gripping stories of foul murder, wanton bloodshed and poisonings, betrayal and vengeance, incest and infanticide, heart-felt longing and sorrow, all in a lively and accessible style. This collection features a carefully chosen selection of twenty-one of the most engrossing, grisly and tragic ballads.