The romance of Tristan and Iseult
By: [retold by Joseph Bédier ; translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld].
Edition: 1st Vintage classics ed.
Series: Vintage classics
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Tristan (Legendary character) -- Romances -- Adaptations.; Iseult (Legendary character) -- Romances -- Adaptations.; Arthurian romances -- Adaptations.
Description: A tale of chivalry and doomed, transcendent love, 'The Romance of Tristan and Iseult' is one of the most resonant works of Western literature, as well as the basis for our enduring idea of romance. The story of the Cornish knight and the Irish princess who meet by deception, fall in love by magic, and pursue that love in defiance of heavenly and earthly law.