The Medieval Romance of Alexander - by Jean Waquelin & Nigel Bryant & Jehan Wauquelin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Nigel Bryant's is the first translation of an example of the many medieval romances about Alexander, as popular in their day as those about Arthur.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The figure of Alexander the Great haunted the medieval imagination - as much as Arthur, as much as Charlemagne. His story was translated more often in medieval Europe than any work except the Gospels. Yet only small sections of the Alexander Romance have been translated into modern French, and Nigel Bryant's is the first translation into English.<br/><i>The Deeds and Conquests of Alexander the Great</i> is Jehan Wauquelin's superb compendium, written for the Burgundian court in the mid-fifteenth century, which draws together all the key elements of the Alexandrian tradition.With great clarity and intelligence Wauquelin produced a redaction of all the major Alexander romances ofthe twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries - including the verse <i>Roman d'Alexandre, The Vows of the Peacock</i> and <i>La Venjance Alixandre</i> - to tell the whole story of Alexander's miraculous birth and childhood, hisconquests of Persia and India, his battles with fabulous beasts and outlandish peoples, his journeys in the sky and under the sea, his poisoning at Babylon and the vengeance taken by his son.<br/>This is an accomplished and exciting work by a notable writer at the Burgundian court who perfectly understood the appeal of the great conqueror to ambitious dukes intent upon extending their dominions.<br/><br/>NIGEL BRYANT has translated five major Arthurianromances from medieval French, including <i>Perceforest</i> in which Alexander features prominently. He has also translated the fourteenth-century chronicles of Jean le Bel.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Nigel Bryant's translation of Jehan Wauquelin's The Medieval Romance of Alexander, is, without a doubt, a very important book. This text fills a gap because it supplies the first English translation of what is inarguably the most important French text of the Alexander romance.--THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW<br><br>When one reads this excellent translation, Bryant's comments about Waquelin's craft ring true, for Waquelin has an 'excellent sense of pace, rhythm and proportion.' [...] Highly recommended.--CHOICE<br>
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