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Jennifer Beatrice Westwood

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Jennifer Westwood was born in 1940 and studied English Language at Oxford, followed by Medieval Icelandic at Cambridge. A long-time member of the Folklore Society, she served as editor of FLS Books and also the journal Folklore. Her books include Albion: A Guide to Legendary Britain (1985), Gothick Cornwall (1992), Lost Atlantis (1997), On Pilgrimage (2003), The Lore of the Land (2005, with Jacqueline Simpson), and The Lore of Scotland (2009, with Sophia Kingshill). She died in 2008.

Books by Jennifer Beatrice Westwood

The Fabled Coast

A magnificent exploration of our coast's legendary past

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The Lore of Scotland

A magnificent exploration of Scotland's legendary past

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