Description: RARE (1939) HAROLD LAMB BOOK, "DURANDAL: A CRUSADER IN THE HORDE" (MEDIEVAL FRANKISH CRUSADER KING ROLAND AND HIS SWORD). 370PP. USED IN GOOD CONDITION COMMENSURATE WITH AGE. EX LIBRIS, POSSIBLY A PRIVATE LIBRARY. WEAR TO THE BOARDS. BINDING IS GOOD. LEAVES ARE FINE. OVERALL, A NICE BOOK AND A VERY DIFFICULT-TO-FIND TITLE. Durandal (or Durandarte) was the famous sword of Roland, the Frankish knight who died at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass on 15 August 788 by attack of the Basques.The accounts of that battle and the subsequent fate of the sword are plagued with mythical stories with little or no historical or archaeological basis. For example, the legendary hero Bernardo del Carpio, according to whose legend it was he who killed Roland and took his sword.According to legend, he was later buried with the sword in a cave near the monastery of Santa María la Real in Aguilar de Campoo. Charles I would have taken it from there when he visited the tomb in July 1522. Today this sword can be seen in the Royal Armory of Madrid.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: NY
Signed: No
Publisher: DOUBLEDAY, DORAN, AND CO.
Subject: HISTORY OF FRANKISH CRUSADER KING ROLAND AND HIS SWORD
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1939
California Prop 65 Warning: NA
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Illustrator: NA
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: HAROLD LAMB
Region: Middle East
Personalized: No
Topic: HISTORY OF FRANKISH CRUSADER KING ROLAND AND HIS SWORD
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: ROLAND AND DURANDAL
