Lybeaus Desconus PB

by Thomas Chestre

Lybeaus Desconus (the Fair Unknown) is the mid-fourteenth-century Middle English version of the classic narrative of the handsome and mysterious young outsider who comes to the court of King Arthur to prove himself worthy of joining Arthur's knights. The young knight is tested in a variety of ways, and in the course of this testing he learns both chivalric codes of conduct and the truth of his parentage. Six extant manuscripts of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580441955
• ISBN13: 9781580441957
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.5"