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Tristan and Iseult

by Joseph Bédier

He is a divinely handsome young man, valiant and fiercely loyal to his uncle who adopted and nurtured him from the time he was an abandoned orphan. She is the ethereally beautiful princess of a faraway country, betrothed to the middle-aged uncle. They meet when the young man is sent as an emissary to her country to bring her back for the grand wedding. On board the ship, the two fall tragically in love.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

French

Published In

1900

Authors

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Joseph Bedier was a French writer and scholar and historian of medieval France. Bédier was born in Paris , France to Adolphe Bédier, a lawyer of Breton origin, and spent his childhood i...

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