The town of Lud is a prosperous, bustling little country port, situated at the confluence of two rivers: the Dawl and the Dapple. The latter, which has its source in the land of Faerie beyond the Elfin Marches and the Debatable Hills, is a source of great trial to Lud, which had long rejected such fanciful nonsense as fairies, elves and the like.
Then a perfect plague of faerie influences hits the town, penetrating even to Miss Primrose Crabapple's Establishment for Young Ladies, and it becomes apparent to even the stuffiest burgher that Steps Would Have To Be Taken. Fortunately for everyone, Master Nathaniel Chanticleer, Mayor of Lud, is a man with his head firmly in the clouds ...
- ISBN10 1582870063
- ISBN13 9781582870069
- Publish Date 1 September 1998 (first published 12 July 1977)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Imprint North Books
- Edition Library ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 315
- Language English