New translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin history - the first work
to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of Arthur.
This imaginative history of the Britons, written in the twelfth century,
is the first work to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career
of Arthur. It rapidly became a bestseller in the British Isles and
Francophone Europe, with over 200 manuscripts surviving. Here, an
authoritative version of the text is presented with a facing
translation, prepared especially for the volume. It also contains a full
introduction and notes.
MICHAEL REEVEis Kennedy Professor of Latin Emeritus at the Faculty of
Classics, University of Cambridge; Dr NEIL WRIGHT is a Senior Language
Teaching Officer at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge.