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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 843.914
EAN: 9780486440194
ISBN: 0486440192
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: February 18, 2005
Publisher: Dover Publications
Sales Rank: 41544
Studio: Dover Publications
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This immortal tale concerns the doomed love between a knight and a princess. The heroic Tristan, nephew and champion of King Mark of Cornwall, journeys to Ireland to bring home his uncle's betrothed, the fair Iseult. Their shipboard voyage takes a tumultuous turn with a misunderstanding and a magic potion, and the lovers quickly find that there's no turning back.
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Rating:  - Tristan, child of sadness
I wish all books were like this -- action-packed, romantic, and deeply moving. This story captures the love, the passion, the anguish, the pain. Some major events are told in a single paragraph. It's brilliant. I loved it. I will keep this one, and read it again.
Rating: - Bédier and Belloc's Great Epic
The style of this epic story is a crossing of the dragons and chivalry of King Arthur, with the romance and tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. But Tristan & Iseult predate them both. Many versions of the story exist; the origins are in 12th century Norman writings. French scholar Joseph Bédier published his reconstruction of the original story in 1900. Hilaire Belloc, the French-born English writer, provided us with this definitive English translation of Bédier's work.
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Rating:  - Great Read.
I find The Romance of Tristan and Iseult a good read for anyone interested in Medieval literature, or romance; or both for that matter. It's well ahead of its time in that it is a story of two lovers forced apart by circumstance and whose love affects others around them as well as themselves, centuries before Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet. There is only one downside I can see, though. It is the lack of description of battles in the story; the author doesn't tell much about the fights or what ... Read More
Rating: - Romance
A fairy tale, mideavel romance with a dragon, a giant, love potion, murder, deciet, love, loyalty, honor, etc. This translation is beautiful. It reads like butter.
Rating: - Ancient Tale well told.
The story of Tristan and Iseult (or Isolde) is well known through Wagner's famous opera, but this is the real tale. It isn't embellished, but instead it tells the complete tale clearly and succinctly in a manner reminiscent of the older manuscripts like Beowulf. The story (unlike the current film) does include the magic potion, a typical device of the older legends. The heart-breaking ending may be clear even in the third or fourth chapter, but getting there is a major trip to treasure. To those ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 843.914
EAN: 9780486440194
ISBN: 0486440192
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: February 18, 2005
Publisher: Dover Publications
Sales Rank: 41544
Studio: Dover Publications