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Amy Jeffs

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Amy Jeffs is an art historian specialising in the Middle Ages. In 2019, she gained a PhD in Art History from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having studied for earlier degrees at the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Cambridge. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

During her PhD Amy co-convened a project researching medieval badges and pilgrim souvenirs at the British Museum. She then worked in the British Library's department of Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts.

Her writing is often accompanied by her own linocut and wood-engraved prints.

Amy is a regular contributor to Country Life Magazine. ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 5,332 ratings · 714 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain 3.82 avg rating — 3,582 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain 3.91 avg rating — 1,442 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saints: A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic 4.02 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storyland (children's edition): Discover the Magical Myths and Lost Legends of Britain 4.06 avg rating — 50 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Songs: Stories of Love and Death from Traditional Ballads by Amy Jeffs, Gwen Burns 4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Learning, debating and growing, we will tell each other stories into the night. Our lives will encircle the sun: setting and rising, setting and rising.”
― Amy Jeffs, Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

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“Myths hold the echo of collective emotion, whatever they reveal of events.”
― Amy Jeffs, Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

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“They worshiped the golden idols and they feared no invasion. For who would disinherit the devil?”
― Amy Jeffs, Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

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