Amadis of Gaul : a novel of chivalry of the 14th century presumably first written in Spanish. Books I and II / revised and reworked by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo prior to 1505 ; translated from the putative princeps of Saragossa, 1508 by Edwin B. Place and Herbert C. Behm ; with a new foreword by John E. Keller.
Publication Info.
Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2003]
In the long history of European prose fiction, few works have been more influential and more popular than the romance of chivalry Amadis of Gaul. Although its original author is unknown, it was probably written during the early fourteenth century. The first great bestseller of the age of printing, Amadis of Gaul was translated into dozens of languages and spawned sequels and imitators over the centuries. A handsome, valiant, and undefeatable knight, Amadis is perhaps best known today as Don Quixote's favorite knight-errant and model. This exquisite English translation restores a masterpiece to print.