Publisher's Synopsis
Centuries before andersen, perrault or the brothers grimm wrote down their immortal fairy tales, a twelfth century poet, marie, collected these marvellous tales from the minstrels who roamed brittany and celtic england,a and turned them into magical stories in verse. Here are tales of love, of valiant knights and proud ladies, of nobility and chivalry. Here too, are swan messengers, wolf-knights, hawk princes and a city where every single house and hall and tower seemed to be made of silver - magical and wonderful happenings which form the very essence of fairy tales. Naomi lewis's masterly english translation has captured the spirit and vision of marie's original text, while at the same time bringing the .../2 NOT UK/OM
