The History of the Kings of Britain
By Geoffrey of Monmouth
Introduction by Lewis Thorpe
Translated by Lewis Thorpe
By Geoffrey of Monmouth
Introduction by Lewis Thorpe
Translated by Lewis Thorpe
Category: European World History | Classic Nonfiction | Biography & Memoir | Literary Criticism
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$19.00
Jan 27, 1977 | ISBN 9780140441703
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Table Of Contents
Translated with an Introduction by Lewis Thorpe
Introduction
1. Geoffrey’s Purpose
2. Who was Geoffrey of Monmouth?
3. Geoffrey’s Sources
4. The Work Itself
5. Geoffrey the Artist
6. Geoffrey of Monmouth down the Centuries
7. Editions of the Historia
8. Earlier Translations
9. This Translation
10. Acknowledgments
Notes to the Introduction
Short Bibliography of Works Used in the Introduction and in the Notes
Map of Britain
Dedication
Part One: Brutus Occupies the Island of Albion
Part Two: Before the Romans Came
Part Three: The Coming of the Romans
Part Four: The House of Constantine
Part Five: The Prophecies of Merlin
Part Six: The House of Constantine (Continued)
Part Seven: Arthur of Britain
Part Eight: The Saxon Domination
Time Chart
Index
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