Author

Wace and Layamon, translated by Eugene Mason, introduction by Gwyn Jones. Dustwrapper art by Geoffrey Fraser.

Publisher

J M Dent, London, 1966

Printing Details

Reprint. Hardback in dustwrapper. 18.5 x 12cm, xiii + 264pp

About the Book

No 578 in Dent's Everyman's Library, containing two early Arthurian chroniclers. Wace's work, Roman de Brut, was based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's history and was the first to mention the legend of King Arthur's Round Table. Layamon's Brut is fictionalized version of the history of Britain up to the Early Middle Ages, with a section on the life and exploits of King Arthur.

Condition

The book is in strong readable condition, but with a little tanning to the page edges. The dustwrapper is a little creased along the top edge with light rubbing and is now within a protective sleeve. 

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