Layamon's Brut; Or Chronicle Of Britain V2 is a book that contains a poetic semi-Saxon paraphrase of the Brut of Wace. The author of this book is Frederic Madden. The Brut of Wace is a historical work that tells the story of Britain from the time of its mythical founding by Brutus, a Trojan prince, to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Layamon's Brut is a Middle English poem that is based on Wace's work but also includes additional material. The poem is...