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PERCEVAL The Story of the Grail

PERCEVAL The Story of the Grail

By Chrétien de Troyes
Read by Mike Rogers
16 hours 40 minutes

Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval is the most important single Arthurian romance. It contains the very first mention of the mysterious grail, later to become the Holy Grail and the focal point of the spiritual quest of the knights of Arthur’s court. Chrétien left the poem unfinished, but the extraordinary and intriguing theme of the Grail was too good to leave, and other poets continued and eventually completed it. Continue Reading →

FOUR ARTHURIAN ROMANCES

FOUR ARTHURIAN ROMANCES

By Chrétien de Troyes
Read by Nicholas Boulton
16 hours 48 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

The Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes form the wellspring of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Stories of knightly valour in the Welsh marches had existed before the 12th century, but it was the magnificent poetry and imagination of Chrétien, the 12th century French poet and trouvère, which brought alive the great characters of Arthur, his wife Guinevere, Lancelot and others. Continue Reading →