Legends of Charlemagne : Or Romance of the Middle Ages

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bulfinch, Thomas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814--Legends--History and criticism.

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814--Romances--Adaptations.

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814--Romances.

Christian legends--Europe--History and criticism.

Civilization, Medieval.

Local Subjects:

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814--Legends--History and criticism.

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814--Romances--Adaptations.

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814--Romances.

Christian legends--Europe--History and criticism.

Civilization, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2012.

Summary:

Travel back in time with this collection of fables and legends set in medieval France. Famed folklorist Thomas Bulfinch brings together a carefully curated compendium of stories that are sure to delight. A bevy of damsels in distress and courageous knights populate these pages in tales that veer from action-adventure to romance and back again.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Introduction; The Peers, or Paladins; The Tournament; The Siege of Albracca; Adventures of Rinaldo and Orlando; The Invasion of France; The Invasion of France (Continued); Bradamante and Rogero; Astolpho and the Enchantress; The Orc; Astolpho's Adventures Continued, and Isabella's Begun; Medoro; Orlando Mad; Zerbino and Isabella; Astolpho in Abyssinia; The War in Africa; Rogero and Bradamante; The Battle of Roncesvalles; Rinaldo and Bayard; Death of Rinaldo; Huon of Bordeaux; Huon of Bordeaux (Continued); Huon of Bordeaux (Continued); Ogier, the Dane

Ogier, the Dane (Continued)Ogier, the Dane (Continued); Glossary; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77652-389-X

OCLC:

809640986