"After years of fierce battle, the Emperor Charlemagne's army is
finally on the brink of victory over the Saracens in Spain. Having
proposed his stepfather Ganelon for the perilous task of serving as
Charlemagne's envoy in the negotiations over the surrender of the
Saracen king Marsile, Count Roland gets a taste of his own medicine
when, with peace secured, Ganelon suggests that Roland should lead
the rearguard of the army on the difficult return journey over the
mountain passes to France. Yet Marsile's forces are massing, and
Roland is unaware of just how deep Ganelon's treachery runs.
Probably written around three centuries after the events it
describes, The Song of Roland is the earliest and finest example of
the French chansons de geste - verse epics that celebrated heroic
deeds and were sung or recited by wandering minstrels. Presented
here along with the original Anglo-Norman French, this sparkling
new translation by Anthony Mortimer offers the modern reader both
an engrossing narrative and a compelling insight into the medieval
value system."
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