The Romance of Tristan by Beroul - ISBN: 9780140442304
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Forbidden love, magic, and betrayal: an enduring legend unfolds tragically.

The Romance of Tristan

The Tale of Tristan's Madness

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 1978

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Summary

Alan S. Fedrick’s prose translation captures the unique flavour and elemental drive of the original French.

One of the earliest extant versions of the Tristan and Yseut story, Beroul’s French manuscript of The Romance of Tristan dates back to the middle of the twelfth century. It recounts the legend of Tristan, nephew of King Mark of Cornwall, and the king’s Irish wife Yseut, who fall passionately in love after mistakenly drinking a potion. Their illicit romance remains secre…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140442304
ISBN-10:0140442308
Author:Beroul, Alan Fedrick
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 August 1978
Weight:134g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 10mm
Series:Penguin Classics
About The Author

Beroul

Béroul was a Norman poet of the twelfth century. He wrote a Norman language version of the Tristan and Iseult story of which 3000 verses survive today, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

Alan S. Fedrick is a writer and translator who is best known for his translation of Beroul’s The Romance of Tristan: The Tale of Tristan’s Madness, for which he also wrote the introduction.

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