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"A powerful rendition, an incomparable tale." -- The New York Times
"Definitely a book to preserve and cherish." -- Chicago Sun
"The first complete English edition, brilliantly translated. Throughout it retains the beauty and sense of fatality that have... Read Full Overview

The Romance of Tristan & Iseult Drawn from the best French Sources and Retold by J. B dier Rendered into English by H. Belloc.

Tristan, a Cornish knight, is sent to Ireland to rescue a Princess from and Irish warlord. Princess Iseult has been promised to King Mark of Cornwall. After a successful rescue, Tristan and Iseult fall into a love affair that is fated for disaster. Once returned to the court... Read Full Overview

Tristan va en Irlande pour en ramener Iseult La blonde comme future pouse de son oncle Marc, le roi de Cornouilles. Pendant le retour, Tristan et Iseult absorbent par erreur le philtre magique destin normalement Marc et sa future femme. Ainsi, les deux jeunes deviennent des... Read Full Overview

The legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy. The tragic story is of the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult. The narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere,... Read Full Overview

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult is a work by J. Bedier now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.

Hilaire Belloc retells the legend of Tristan and Iseult, drawing from medieval texts.

Tristan and Iseult, alternatively known as Tristan and Isolde, is a chivalric romance retold in numerous variations since the 12th century. The story is a tragedy about the adulterous... Read Full Overview

"A powerful rendition, an incomparable tale." -- The New York Times.
"Definitely a book to preserve and cherish." -- Chicago Sun.
"Among works attractive by their rare artistic finish, beauty of illustration, and loftiness of purpose, this should undoubtedly... Read Full Overview

"My lords, if you would hear a high tale of love and of death, here is that of Tristan and Queen Iseult; how to their full joy, but to their sorrow also, they loved each other, and how at last they died of that love together upon one day; she by him and he... Read Full Overview

S eigneurs, vous pla t-il d'entendre un beau conte d'amour et de mort?C'est de Tristan et d'Iseut la reine. coutez comment grand'joie, granddeuil ils s'aim rent, puis en moururent un m me jour, lui par elle, elle parlui. Aux temps anciens, le roi Marc r gnait en Cornouailles... Read Full Overview