{"product_id":"the-tale-of-charlemagne-and-jeff-sypeck-9781105959745","title":"The Tale of Charlemagne and Ralph the Collier","description":"Charbonnier est maître chez soi: \"The collier is master in his own house.\" This French saying finds its most literal expression in The Tale of Charlemagne and Ralph the Collier, a 15th-century Middle Scots romance about the adventures that ensue when King Charlemagne, separated from his entourage by a blizzard, seeks refuge in the home of a proud and irascible collier. Combining folktale motifs with burlesque humor and elements of chansons and chivalric romances, The Tale of Charlemagne and Ralph the Collier is a lively but little-read story of medieval courtesy, hospitality, and knighthood. This translation, the first into modern English, emulates the 75 thirteen-line rhyming, alliterative stanzas of the original. Light annotations, a brief introduction, and a bibliography help introduce modern readers to this strange and entertaining romance that W.R.J. Barron dubbed \"technically and creatively the best of the English texts on the Matter of France.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Sypeck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1105959740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781105959745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d","brand":"Jeff Sypeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799848431871,"sku":"9781105959745","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tale-of-charlemagne-and-jeff-sypeck-9781105959745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}