Amadis of Gaul: Book I

The niece of Alonso Quijano (or as he is better known, Don Quixote de la Mancha) found more than one-hundred books in his library, most of them dealing with knights of chivalry. While she and her companions burned many of these books, there is one that they praised and saved from the fire: Amadís de Gaula. This novel stems from a number of sources which were collected by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in the fifteenth century, and printed in three volumes, to which he added a fourth about the son of Amadís: Las sergas de Esplandián. The novels about Amadís became well known throughout the world, and received many translations into English going as far back as the version by Anthony Munday in 1596. Perhaps the best known modern English translation is that of Robert Southey in 1803. While not attempting to imitate Southey’s poetic style the present translation, which covers Book I, does fill in certain parts that are missing in that rendering.
ASIN: B0DYVQPPJF
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Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Rodríguez de Montalvo, Garci|Rudder, Robert S.
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Book has little sign of wear or use