Authors: Joseph Bedier
ISBN-13: 9780679750161, ISBN-10: 0679750169
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: May 1994
Edition: 1st Vintage classics ed
This immortal tale from the Age of Chivalry concerns the doomed love between Tristan, a Cornish knight, and Iseult, an Irish princess. An enduring theme in Western art, literature, and music, Tristan and Iseult's tragic romance was most famously interpreted by Richard Wagner in his popular opera. This edition features J. Bédier's seamless weaving of many medieval sources into a captivating narrative, complemented by Hillaire Belloc's eloquent translation.