Publisher's Synopsis
This immortal tale from the Age of Chivalry 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. The heroic Tristan, nephew and champion of King Mark of Cornwall, journeys to Ireland to bring home his uncle's betrothed, the fair Iseult. Their shipboard voyage takes a tumultuous turn with a misunderstanding and a magic potion, and the lovers quickly find that there's no turning back.Joseph Bédier was a French writer and scholar and historian of medieval France.
