A retelling of the adventures of the prankster who traveled all over medieval Germany playing jokes on people and swindling the unwary.

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The life of the trickster Till unfolds in a series of pranks, from his rowdy infancy to his final joke at his own funeral.

This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.

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