The Iron Wolf Author:Richard Adams In this volume, Richard Adams has collected together nineteen enchanting folk-tales from almost as many parts of the world -- from Europe to China and from Polynesia to the Arctic Circle. Each has a special magic, an aura that is sometimes beautiful and fascinating, sombre and frightening, or exciting and colourful. But what unites all these sto... more »ries is the essential quality of folk-lore, something that transcends the boundaries of nations, of custom and time, that gives them their permanence and universality of appeal.« less