The Quest of the Holy Grail
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- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
28 February 1969
Summary
Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot - the simple Perceval, the thoughtful Bors, the rash Gawain, the weak Lancelot and the saintly Galahad - as they journey through danger and temptation to reach the elusive Holy Grail. But only one of them is judged worthy t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140442205 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140442200 |
| Author: | Anonymous |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 1969 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Anonymous
Pauline Matarasso read modern languages at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and was awarded a Doctorat de l’Universite de Paris in 1958. She has also translated The Cistercian World and Aucassin and Nicolette and Other Tales for the Penguin Classics. Her combined biography of Anne of France, Anne of Brittany and Louise of Savoy, Queen’s Maid, was published in 2001.
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