[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately… it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chretien’s originals…. The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style…. [T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts. -Speculum

[A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a pleasure to read. -Library Journal

These are, above all, stories of courtly love and of knights tested in their devotion to chivalric ideals (with passion and duty often at odds); but they are also thrilling wonder stories of giants, wild men, tame lions, razor-sharp bridges and visits to the Other World. -Washington Post Book World

This tastefully produced book will be the standard general translation for many years to come. -Choice

This new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other knights and ladies of Chretien de Troyes’ famous romances.