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The Brazen Head by John Cowper Powys is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Brazen Head about?
In this panoramic novel of Friar Roger Bacon, John Cowper Powys displays his genius at its most fecund. First published in 1956, this novel, set in thirteenth-century Wessex, is an amalgam of all the qualities that make John Cowper Powys unique. The love-story of Lil-Umbra and Raymond de Laon, and the quest of the Mongolian giant, Peleg, for Ghosta, the girl seen, loved, and lost on the battlefield, are intermingled with the historical, theological and magical threads which form the brocade of t
Who reads The Brazen Head?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- John Cowper Powys
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571287017
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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