Sir Gawain and the Green Knight/Pearl/Sir Orfeo

Poetry

Author: Unknown

An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here.,,A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour.,,Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy-tale for adults, full of life and colour; b….Read More

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