Tales of Three Hemispheres

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of
Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was an AngloIrish writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in
fantasy, published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than
eighty books of his work were published, and his oeuvre
includes many hundreds of published short stories, as well as
successful plays, novels and essays. Born to one of the oldest
titles in the Irish peerage, Dunsany lived much of his life at
perhaps Ireland's longest-inhabited home, Dunsany Castle
near Tara, worked with W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory,
received an honourary doctorate from Trinity College, was
chess and pistol-shooting champion of Ireland, and travelled
and hunted extensively. He died in Dublin after an attack of
appendicitis.