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The Romance of the Faery Melusine (Paperback, New)
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The Romance of the Faery Melusine (Paperback, New)
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Loot Price R528
Discovery Miles 5 280
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Springing from the heart of medieval France, The Romance of the
Faery Melusine tells the story of Raymondin of Poitiers who
accidentally kills his uncle while out hunting, and fleeing deep
into the forest, encounters a faery by a fountain. Falling deeply
into a mutual soul-love, the faery Melusine agrees to help
Raymondin and to become his wife, on condition that he makes no
attempt to see her between dusk and dawn each Saturday. On this
basis the house of Lusignan thrives and prospers, until a series of
treacherous events tempt Raymondin to violate his promise and
shatter the magic which holds his faery wife to the human world.
First rendered into written form in a text by Jean d'Arras in 1393,
the legend of the Faery Melusine is well established in France,
where she is credited with having founded the family, town and
castle of Lusignan. However, it is very little known in the
English-speaking world, despite the fact that Melusine originally
hailed from Scotland. This new retelling by Gareth Knight
translated from Andre Lebey's 1920s novel Le Roman de la Melusine
captures the freshness of Lebey's telling of the legend and brings
the benefit of Knight's expertise both in French literature and in
the esoteric faery tradition.
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