{"product_id":"the-laud-troy-book-d-m-smith-9781694627957","title":"The Laud Troy Book: The Forgotten Troy Romance","description":"\u003ci\u003eIn medieval Britain, the works of Homer were practically unknown. In his absence, the half-remembered story of the Trojan War took on a distinctly Arthurian flavour, with the heroes Achilles and Hector reimagined as armoured knights on horseback, duelling with broadsword and lance.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf the various British poetical histories of the Trojan War, the \u003ci\u003eLaud Troy Book\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the least studied. This untitled, 18,664-line poem survives in the unique MS. Laud Misc. 595, which once formed part of a collection of medieval manuscripts belonging to the Archbishop William Laud-a favourite of Charles I, executed for treason in the lead-up to the English Civil War. Dating from about 1400 AD, the \u003ci\u003eLaud Troy Book\u003c\/i\u003e represents an anonymous Middle English poet's attempt to render the Latin prose \u003ci\u003eHistoria Destructionis Troiae\u003c\/i\u003e of Guido delle Colonne as a chivalric romance in octosyllabic verse-unwittingly restoring Guido's narrative to its twelfth-century roots in Beno? de Sainte-Maure's \u003ci\u003eRoman de Troie\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the third volume in this series, the \u003ci\u003eLaud Troy Book\u003c\/i\u003e receives its first translation into Modern English. The text is fully annotated, with a glossary of uncommon and untranslatable words, and includes a detailed introduction tracing the development of the Troy myth from Homer and the Cyclic Poets to its re-emergence as a courtly romance in the Middle Ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. M. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1694627950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781694627957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.11d","brand":"D. M. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265151426815,"sku":"9781694627957","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_478c1cfb-610a-43b5-ad67-a99bd94ad2d5.jpg?v=1713420297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-laud-troy-book-d-m-smith-9781694627957","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}