Title: Lancelot
Author: Claude Merle
Publisher: Bayard Jeunesse
Year: 2021
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 13.5 x 18.5 x 1.4 cm
Language: French
Condition: like new
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Publisher’s summary:
Collected by the fairy Viviane, who raises him like her own son, Lancelot grows up in the forest of Brocéliande. The Lady of the Lake wants to make him a consummate knight: hunting, music, combat, but also courtesy and nobility of mind are part of his training. After his education is complete, Lancelot, who wants to be knighted as a member of the Round Table, leaves Brocéliande to be introduced to King Arthur. No sooner has he arrived in Camaalot than Lancelot becomes the squire of Yvain, one of the king’s favourites, and falls desperately in love with Queen Guenièvre. His destiny is now to watch over her. The day the young woman is abducted, Lancelot defies whole armies, defeats the feared Prince Méléagant and manages to free his beloved at the peril of his own life. He then confesses his love to her. From his distress, he realises that she loves him too. In just a short time, the young squire has become one of the best knights at court. King Arthur knights him and grants him a seat around the Round Table, where all the champions of the kingdom sit. “Sire, my life is yours!”, Lancelot declares to his king, and “my heart is for the queen…”, he adds in secret.