{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-kings-david-w-burchmore-9780674241367","title":"The History of the Kings of Britain: The First Variant Version","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey of Monmouth's \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Kings of Britain\u003c\/i\u003e--the earliest work to detail the legendary foundation of Britain by Brutus the Trojan and the life of King Arthur--was among the most widely read books throughout the Middle Ages. Its sweeping account of the Britons began long before the Romans and challenged the leading histories of the twelfth century. Merlin, Guinevere, Mordred, Yvain, Gawain, and other popular Arthurian figures first come to life in Geoffrey's chronicle. It was the ultimate source of tales retold in Malory's \u003ci\u003eMorte d'Arthur, \u003c\/i\u003e Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eCymbeline\u003c\/i\u003e and King Lear, and Tennyson's \u003ci\u003eIdylls of the King.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e survives in hundreds of manuscripts in Geoffrey's standard text. This volume presents the first English translation of what may have been his source, the anonymous First Variant Version. This shorter and less polished Latin version of the \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e is attested in just a handful of manuscripts. It belonged to and was probably written by Archdeacon Walter of Oxford, who died in 1151.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David W. Burchmore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674241363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674241367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.20d","brand":"David W. Burchmore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48216499323135,"sku":"9780674241367","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac919f9b-3865-4b9f-bbb9-86a64f6b70a0.jpg?v=1771991407","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-history-of-the-kings-david-w-burchmore-9780674241367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}