Colin Manlove’s Scotland’s Forgotten Treasure has previously only been available at a price of over $50. But through an arrangement with the author and the University of Aberdeen Press, we’re pleased to make a U.S. edition available through this bookstore for only $9.95.

Colin Manlove (1942-2020) lived and taught in Scotland for most of his life. He lectured in British literature at Edinburgh University from 1967 to 1993, and is the author of several books on fantasy, including Modern Fantasy (1975), Christian Fantasy (1992), and Scottish Fantasy Literature (1994). Though he often published on George MacDonald, this is his only full-length study of the fantasy works. Besides his literary interests, Colin Manlove was, like MacDonald, fascinated by minerals and crystals, of which he has assembled a large collection. 

Contents: 

1: MacDonald’s life and character

2: MacDonald’s views, literary and theological

3: Before MacDonald

4: Phantastes (1858)

5: ‘The Golden Key’ (1867)

6: Lilith (1895)

7: Conclusion