Publisher's Synopsis
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany was an Anglo-Irish author and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy class, was published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than 80 books of his work were published, and his oeuvre comprises many hundreds of published short narratives, as well as successful plays, novels, and essays. He achieved great fame and success with his early short stories and plays and was considered one of the preeminent living authors of the English-speaking world. Born and raised in London, to the second-oldest title in the Irish aristocracy. Dunsany lived most of his life at what may be Ireland's longest-inhabited residence, Dunsany Castle near Tara, labored with W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, accepted an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin, he was a chess and pistol-shooting champion of Ireland and traveled and hunted extensively. He died in Dublin after an attack of appendicitis.
