In this story of Roland as the author proposes to tell it, he introduces you to some of the most pleasing of those tales of France. The poems and legends which embody them were written in various languages, and at widely different times; but in them two names, Charlemagne and Roland, are of very frequent occurrence. Roland, the nephew of the Charlemagne of romance, and his companion in all great enterprises, is unknown to history. Yet he is the typical knight, the greatest hero of the middle ages. His story is not a mere transcript of the old romances. Illustrated.
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The heart of chivalry,
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A heroic tale from the middle ages full of romance, adventure, and splendor. A wonderful escape into another world. I highly recommend it.
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Introduction to Charlemagne and a Lesser Known Period of History for children,
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This is a children's book the way we don't write children's books anymore. It's a retelling of Roland for the young but the font and vocabulary will be challenging for some, if not many, modern children.
There are sections of this book which are a bit duller than others but in general it was a fine, well written book that introduced my 9-year-old to a period of history that most kids don't hear about. We had a lot of discussions about the historical Charlemagne (a man said to be able to hold court in his bath and who was through his life illiterate), the history of the church in politics, we talked about Merlin showing up in one of the adventures, and it carried on the idea of chivalrous manhood from other studies of knights and castles from later time periods -- including fine examples of those who say all the right things but lack the actions of virtue.
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ONE summer afternoon rather more than eleven hundred years ago, the boy Roland was sitting in the cleft of a broken rock that forms the crest of one of the hills in the neighborhood of Sutri. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
knightly vows, warrior maiden, bravest knights, weird woman, war steed, feast hall, been entrapped, ivory horn Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Duke Namon, Ogier the Dane, Duke Aymon, Count Gerard, Reinold of Montalban, Morgan the Fay, Princess of Cathay, Archbishop Turpin, Trojan Hector, Chief Karaheut, Far East, Princess Angelica, Sir Bevis, Ganelon of Mayence, King Corsuble, Prester John, South Wind, King Charlemagne, Lady Bertha, Prince of Cathay, Duke Fromont, King Godfrey, Southern France, Stair of Merlin, Charles the Hammer New!
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ONE summer afternoon rather more than eleven hundred years ago, the boy Roland was sitting in the cleft of a broken rock that forms the crest of one of the hills in the neighborhood of Sutri. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
knightly vows, warrior maiden, bravest knights, weird woman, war steed, feast hall, been entrapped, ivory horn Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Duke Namon, Ogier the Dane, Duke Aymon, Count Gerard, Reinold of Montalban, Morgan the Fay, Princess of Cathay, Archbishop Turpin, Trojan Hector, Chief Karaheut, Far East, Princess Angelica, Sir Bevis, Ganelon of Mayence, King Corsuble, Prester John, South Wind, King Charlemagne, Lady Bertha, Prince of Cathay, Duke Fromont, King Godfrey, Southern France, Stair of Merlin, Charles the Hammer New!
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- Orlando Furioso (Oxford World's Classics) by Ludovico Ariosto in Front Matter, and page 286
- Orlando Furioso: A Romantic Epic: Part 1 (Penguin Classics) (Pt. 1) by Ludovico Ariosto in Front Matter, and page 286
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett in Back Matter
- A Little Princess by Francis H. Burnett in Back Matter
- Under the Sea (Usborne Lift-the-Flap) by Alastair Smith in Back Matter
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- Poems Old and New, Reading Guides and Indexes: Junior Classics, Part 10 by William Patten on page 465
- Lord Beaconsfield by James Anthony Froude in Back Matter
- Self-Investment by Orison Swett Marden on page 155
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- Self Investment by Orison Swett Marden on page 201
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