Good King Wenceslas, a Legend in Music and Pictures

ISBN-10
0816404747
ISBN-13
9780816404742
Category
Carols, English
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
1980
Publisher
Harper San Francisco
Authors
John Mason Neale, Mary Reed Newland, Anita Karl

Description

Illustrated text of the well-known carol is accompanied by a brief history of the real Wenceslas, duke of Bohemia, and how the song about him came to be written.

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