num_pages: 68
description: This, the first great French heroic poem, is probably the earliest of the truly national poems of the modern world.
language: English
title: The Song of Roland
titlecomplete: The Song of Roland
characters: Blancandrins, Oliver, Ganelon, Charlemagne, Roland, King Marsile
genres: Classics, Epic, French Literature, France, Fiction, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 16839
places: Pyrenees Mountains, Europe
publisher: Echo Library