The song of Roland
2003
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On 15 August 778, Charlemagne's army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French.
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Edition:
New ed. / translated with an introduction and notes by Glyn Burgess.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2003.
Collation:
224 p. ; 20 cm.
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This ed. originally published: 1990.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780140445329 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.1A 843.1
Language:
English
Index terms:
Poetry in Old French
BRN:
414472