Geoffrey of Monmouth

The History of the Kings of Britain

Mitarbeit:Thorpe, Lewis;Übersetzung:Thorpe, Lewis

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Produktbeschreibung

Traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. This title portrays legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famous of all British heroes, King Arthur.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 41983
• 1973.
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 1973
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 128mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9780140441703
• ISBN-10: 0140441700
• Artikelnr.: 09677893

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey of Monmouth

Inhaltsangabe

Translated with an Introduction by Lewis Thorpe
Introduction
1. Geoffrey's Purpose
2. Who was Geoffrey of Monmouth?
3. Geoffrey's Sources
4. The Work Itself
5. Geoffrey the Artist
6. Geoffrey of Monmouth down the Centuries
7. Editions of the Historia
8. Earlier Translations
9. This Translation
10. Acknowledgments
Notes to the Introduction
Short Bibliography of Works Used in the Introduction and in the Notes
Map of Britain
Dedication
Part One: Brutus Occupies the Island of Albion
Part Two: Before the Romans Came
Part Three: The Coming of the Romans
Part Four: The House of Constantine
Part Five: The Prophecies of Merlin
Part Six: The House of Constantine (Continued)
Part Seven: Arthur of Britain
Part Eight: The Saxon Domination
Time Chart
Index