1st Edition

Sir Lancelot of the Lake A French Prose Romance of the Thirteenth Century

Edited By Lucy Allen Paton Copyright 1929
530 Pages
by Routledge

534 Pages
by Routledge

This translation of Lancelot del Lac was published in 1929 to present easily the essential parts of the history of Sir Lancelot from three thirteenth century romances – Le livre de Lancelot del Lac , Le queste del saint graal , and La mort le roi Artus. The translator summarises the sections not fully translated to link the sections together. This was the first serious attempt to produce a... Read more

Introduction  1. Sir Lancelot in Legend and in Literature  2. Lanzelet  3. Le Conte de la Charrette (The Story of ther Cart)  4. The Prose Trilogy  Part 1: The Book of Lancelot of the Lake  Part 2: The Quest of the Holy Grail  Part 3: The Death of King Arthur

Biography

Translated from French and with an introduction and notes by Lucy Allen Paton.