For eons, stories about sex gods and fertility goddesses have expressed our secret longings and deepest desires. This collection reveals sixteen of the world's most evocative tales of passion: * Tristan and Iseult, the classic myth of doomed love * Orpheus and Eurydice, and the dark passions of the Greek Underworld * Shiva and Parvati, in an epic Indian tale of the mysteries of desire * The Herdsman and the Weaver Girl, a Chinese story of love among the stars --and a dozen more love stories that are truly legendary. 176 pages, 16 color illus., 7 1/2 x 9 1/2.
- ISBN10 0713727187
- ISBN13 9780713727180
- Publish Date 4 December 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 December 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Cassell Illustrated
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English