The Story of Roland (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Story of Roland<br/><br/>Jean Bodel, a minstrel of the thirteenth century, wrote, There are but three subjects which interest men, - the tales of France, of Britain, and of Rome the great; and to these subjects there is nothing like. The tales of Britain1 are so light and pleas ant those of Rome2 are wise and of teachful sense; those of France8 truly every day of greater appear ance.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.