A deluxe hardcover special edition of the classic fantasy series, with fully restored and corrected texts and a new foreword by Christopher Paolini Evangeline Walton’s Mabinogion Tetralogy is a remarkable achievement, a powerful work of the imagination that “ranks with the best of twentieth-century works of fantasy” ( Publishers Weekly ). The origins of these works of ancient Welsh mythology are unknown to us. But in every form they’ve taken through the centuries, the Mabinogion tales have captivated and delighted readers. In her lifetime, Walton reworked   the four branches of the Mabinogi’s collected legends into four now-widely-beloved narratives: The Prince of Annwn , The Children of Llyr , The Song of Rhiannon , and The Island of the Mighty , which appear here restored and corrected to Walton’s original magnificent texts. On its 90th anniversary, Walton’s tetralogy returns in a deluxe hardcover package worthy of the masterpiece inside, with a foreword from legendary superfan Christopher Paolini. Evangeline Walton (1907–1996) is one of the acknowledged modern masters of fantasy fiction. In addition to the Mabinogion novels, Walton is the author of the dark fantasy Witch House , considered one of the classics of the genre. She received a World Fantasy Award in 1985, and in 1989 she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award and named a Grand Master of Fantasy by the World Fantasy Convention. Christopher Paolini is the author of The Inheritance Cycle ( Eragon , Eldest , Brisingr , Inheritance ), which has sold more than 40 million copies.