Castleford's Chronicle, or The Boke of Brut: Volume I

Bok av Caroline D Eckhardt
Castleford's Chronicle is a long verse chronicle which provides a compendium of the traditional legends and stories which made up the history of Britain as then understood. The last year of its entry was 1327. It includes, for example, one of the earliest English-language versions of the story of King Lear. Volume 1 contains a short introduction and half of the text, Volume 2 contains the remainder of the text.