A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book: A Modern Translation

by John Lydgate, D.M. Smith, D M Smith

In medieval Britain, the works of Homer were practically unknown. In his absence, the half-remembered story of the Trojan War took on a distinctly Arthurian flavour, with the heroes Achilles and Hector reimagined as armoured knights on horseback, duelling with broadsword and lance.

In 1412 the Prince of Wales commissioned John Lydgate, monk of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey and literary heir of Chaucer, to write him an English epic to rival...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1731538464
• ISBN13: 9781731538468
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 756 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"