Older than even the Arthurian myths, this 12th-century legend has inspired stories, songs, and artworks. This magnificent hardcover edition, featuring color illustrations on every page, blends visual impact with literary quality.

Rosemary Sutcliff's starkly simple retelling of the uniquely tragic and romantic story of the warrior Tristan and his love for the fair Iseult of Ireland, his uncle's chosen bride.

"Tristan and Iseult" is an influential romance story, retold in numerous sources with as many variations since the 12th century. The story is a tragedy about the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan (Tristram) and the Irish princess Iseult (Isolde, Yseult, etc.). The narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, and has had a substantial impact on Western art and literature. While the details of the story differ from one author to another, the overall plot structure remains much the same.The Romance of Tristan & Iseult. drawn from the best French sources and retold by J. bédier. rendered into English by H. Belloc."Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut," by M. Joseph Bédier, was crowned by the French Academy."Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.About the Series: LOVE by Great Masters in LiteratureVOLUME 1. Symposium by Plato / The Loves (Amores) & The Art of Love (Ars Amatoria) by Ovid (Illustrated by Jean De Bosschere)VOLUME 2. The Romance of Tristan & Iseult by Joseph Bédier / The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare (Illustrated by John Gilbert)VOLUME 3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Illustrated) / Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceVOLUME 4. Brontë Sisters: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Illustrated by Frederick Henry Townsend & Annotated)) / Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.VOLUME 5. The Lily of the Valley (Le Lys dans la vallée) by Honoré de Balzac / The Charterhouse of Parma (La Chartreuse de Parme) by Stendhal / Sentimental Education (L'Éducation sentimentale, 1869) - Vol.1 & 2 - Illustrated. By Gustave Flaubert.VOLUME.6. A Pair of Blue Eyes (Illustrated by James Abbott Pasquier) & Far from the Madding Crowd (Illustrated by Helen Paterson Allingham) by Thomas Hardy.VOLUME 7. Aphrodite: Ancient Manners (Illustrated by Ed Zier) & The Songs of Bilitis (Illustrated by Willy Pogany) by Pierre LouÿsVOLUME 8. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (With annotated illustrations).

DIVThis immortal tale concerns the doomed love between a knight and a princess — one of the great romances of medieval literature, along with that of Lancelot and Guinevere. /div

Modern retelling of a medieval cycle of tales evolving from Celtic sources, in a version first published 1900.