A beautiful gift edition of Thomas Bulfinch's classic retelling of famous myths and folk legends, with interpretive essays by Princeton classics professor Richard P. Martin.

The basic work on classical mythology. Includes information on Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Asian, Germanic myths, as well as the Arthurian cycle and other heroic epics.

Provides an overview of the lives of Charlemagne and his subjects in the Frankish empire of the late eighth and early ninth centuries, and includes excerpts from poems, letters, laws, and diaries of the time.

"When Charlemagne died in 814 CE, he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Distinguished historian and author of The Middle Ages Johannes Fried presents a new biographical study of the legendary Frankish king and emperor, illuminating the life and reign of a ruler who shaped Europe's destiny in ways few figures, before or since, have equaled. Living in an age of faith, Charlemagne was above...

Thomas Bulfinch's "Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages" is a classic collection of legends from the middle ages. Within this volume are the following tales: The Peers or Paladins, The Tournament, The Siege of Albracca, Adventures of Rinaldo and Orlando, The Invasion of France, Bradamante and Rogero, Astolpho and the Enchantress, The Orc, Astolpho's Adventures continued and Isabella's begun, Medoro, Orlando Mad, Zerbino and Isabella,...

Details the life, character, and military and political accomplishments of late eighth and early ninth-century Roman Emperor Charlemagne describing how he united the European nations bringing them out of the Dark Ages.

Surveys the age of Charlemagne and his influence on subsequent periods of European history. Profusely illustrated with photographs of art dating from the time of Charlemagne.

Describes the life and reign of Charlemane and tells what was happening all around the world in his time.

"In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as "Augustulus" was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe, its territories divided among successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military manpower. But, if the Roman Empire was dead, Romans across the old empire still lived, holding on to their...

The myths and legends are presented with photographs of paintings and sculptures, information on archaeological sites, and a dictionary-index.