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Title: |
Richard Coeur de Lion |
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| Translated by: |
Katherine H. Terrell Edited by: Katherine H. Terrell |
| ISBN10-13: |
155481278X : 9781554812783 |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
280 |
| Weight: |
.320 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - January 2019 |
| List Price: |
24.50 Pounds Sterling |
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Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| The Middle English romance of Richard Coeur de Lion transforms the historical Richard I of Englandâ a Frenchman by upbringing, who spent only four months of his reign in England and who once joked that he would sell London to finance his Crusade if he could only find a buyerâ into an aggressively English king. This act of historical revision involves the invention of several fantastic elements that give Richard the superhuman force necessary to unite the English nation and elevate it above all others. Springing from a supernatural birth and endowed with exceptional strength and an insatiable and transgressive appetite, Richard embodies a vision of triumphant Englishness that humiliates and decimates Englandâ s foes, whether they be French, German, or Muslim. Katherine Terrellâ s faithful but poetic new modern English translation is fully annotated. Appendices include materials on cannibalism, the Crusades, and English national myths. |
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