Chronicles of the Crusades (Penguin Classics)
By: Jean de Joinville , None , Margaret R.B. Shaw , Geoffroi de Villehardouin
3.82
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Two famous, firsthand accounts of the holy war in the Middle Ages translated by Margaret R. B. Shaw…
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1. The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
By: M.T. Clanchy , Héloïse d'Argenteuil , Pierre Abélard , Betty Radice
3.69
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
The story of the relationship between Abélard and Héloïse is one of the world’s most celebrated and… read more
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"It is sometimes dangerous to have too much merit."-M.T. Clanchy, The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
"Jealousy can easily believe the most terrible things."-M.T. Clanchy, The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
"How fatal sometimes are the consequences of curiosity!"-M.T. Clanchy, The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
"Tis a thousand times more easy to renounce the world than love."-M.T. Clanchy, The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
2. The Nibelungenlied
By: Unknown , A.T. Hatto
3.82
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reach… read more
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3. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
By: Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines
3.92
Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Presents the story of King Arthur, his knights of the Round Table, the sword Excalibur, and his tra… read more
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"Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross."-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place. And men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the the Holy Cr…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"...and then the threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and a hand above the water and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
4. The Burning of the World: A Memoir of 1914
By: Béla Zombory-Moldován , Peter Zombory-Moldovan
3.85
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
The budding young Hungarian artist Béla Zombory-Moldován was abroad on holiday when World War I bro… read more
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5. Chronicles of the Crusades (Penguin Classics)
By: Jean de Joinville , None , Margaret R.B. Shaw , Geoffroi de Villehardouin
3.82
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Two famous, firsthand accounts of the holy war in the Middle Ages translated by Margaret R. B. Shaw… read more
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6. The Song of Roland
By: Unknown , Dorothy L. Sayers
3.51
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spa… read more
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7. The Alexiad
By: Anna Comnena , E.R.A. Sewter
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is one of the fundamental sources of information on chivalry as well as many other interesting… read more
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8. The Conquest of Gaul
By: S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The earliest eye-witness account of Britain and its inhabitants appears in these famous memoirs. Be… read more
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9. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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10. Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Yoshihiro Tatsumi
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master's stories, from the sou… read more
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11. Baudolino
By: Umberto Eco , William Weaver , R.C.S. Libri
3.79
Format: 527 pages, Paperback
It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked… read more
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"Tüm aşıklar gibi Baudlino da kibirli olmuştu."-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
"Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges."-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
"And so it was that the Poet, through an excess of theological refinement, was unable to satisfy his coarse carnal passion."-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
"There, Master Niketas,’ Baudolino said, ‘when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. A bit with the help of wine, and a bit with that of the g…"-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
12. Parzival
By: Wolfram von Eschenbach
4.39
Format: 288 pages,
Composed in the early thirteenth century, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival is the re-creation and … read more
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13. Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources
By: Asser , Alfred the Great , Michael Lapidge , Simon Keynes
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
As King of Wessex, Alfred strove to emulate those kings of the past who, in his own words, had 'suc… read more
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14. Sun and Steel
By: Yukio Mishima , John Bester
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback, Paper Dust Jacket
In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what migh… read more
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15. The History of the Kings of Britain
By: Lewis Thorpe , Geoffrey of Monmouth
4.19
Format: 208 pages,
Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britaintraces the story of the realm from its suppos… read more
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16. Islam and the Crusades: The Writings of Usama ibn Munqidh
By: Usamah ibn Munqidh , Paul M. Cobb
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
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17. Arthurian Romances
By: Chrétien de Troyes , William W. Kibler , Carleton W. Carroll
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal de… read more
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18. William Marshal: The Flower of Chivalry
By: Richard Howard , Georges Duby
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Recreates in detail the life of this advisor to the Plantagnets and knight extraordinaire. read more
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19. Tristan: With the Tristran of Thomas
By: A.T. Hatto , Gottfried von Strassburg , None
3.94
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Gottfried's version of this legendary romance--in which Tristan and Isolde chance to drink a magic … read more
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20. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
21. The Saga of the Volsungs
By: Anonymous , Jesse L. Byock
4.32
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Based on Viking Age poems, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend and sheer human dram… read more
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