The King of Elfland's Daughter

Avery interesting book as it was one of the books that influenced JRR Tolkien's Lord of the rings. Lord Dumsany was a prolfic writer in the early 20th century, unfortunately the books contained many flaws including this one. Poor character development, a rambing plot etc. Pretty amateurish, but there are a few good high points. Interestingly enough two members of Steeleye Span (Bob Johnson and Pete Knight) wrote and produced a 1977 concept album The King of Elfland's Daughter, inspired by the book.

The book would er of interest to those that like early fanatasy books. I thought that is was interesting enough to give this book 3 stars, though maybe I should have given it 2 1/2 stars.