Description: ""Huon of Bordeaux" is the first modern English translation of the late thirteenth-century Old French epic poem. This "chanson de geste" follows the exploits of a medieval knight wrongly exiled from Charlemagne's court. Includes introduction, notes, bibliography, glossary, and list of characters"--
Brief description: Catherine M. Jones is the Josiah Meigs Professor of French and Provençal at the University of Georgia.
Review Quotes:
"Huon of Bordeaux is on a much higher level. We do not feel that it is simply being made up out of the author's head. It has its roots in legend and folklore without which it is hard for romance to have the necessary solidity." - C. S. Lewis