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Reynard - a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders - is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors. How will he pit his wits against his accusers - greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound, and dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf - to escape the gallows? Reynard was once the most popular and beloved character in European folklore, as familiar as Robin Hood, King Arthur, or Cinderella. His character spoke eloquently for the voiceless and disenfranchised, but also amused and delighted the elite, capturing hearts and minds across borders and societal classes for centuries. Based on William Caxton's bestselling 1481 English translation of the Middle Dutch, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story, expanded with new interpretations and innovative language and characterizations.



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Anne Louise Avery

Born in London to bohemian parents - her mother was a novelist and her father a journalist who worked with Ian Fleming and Graham Greene in Naval intelligence during the War - Avery received a First Class degree in art history at SOAS. She then held a fellowship at Brown, and studied Japanese at ICU University in Tokyo, before becoming an art historian and writer.



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