Punch and Judy countesses

countesses

From short tunics worn by Saxon men in the fifth century to a lady's bustle dress of the late 1800s

supernatural elements

books on nighttime skies

" and nine other first-rate stories

Punch and Judy countessesBraggart and bully, the immortal Punch has delighted audiences for centuries. On street corners and at country fairs, crowds of English children cheer for this paragon of unrepentant wickedness, shouting encouragement and applauding his gleeful buffoonery. Punch struts and boasts, cracking jokes and heads, while the casualties mount: Judy, his shrieking wife; the interfering policeman; the hoodwinked hangman; and the devil himself, beaten to death.