The Romance of the Faery Melusine

The Romance of the Faery Melusine
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Publisher : Skylight Press
Total Pages : 154
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ISBN-10 : 9781908011329
ISBN-13 : 1908011327
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Book Synopsis The Romance of the Faery Melusine by : André Lebey

Download or read book The Romance of the Faery Melusine written by André Lebey and published by Skylight Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Springing from the heart of medieval France, The Romance of the Faery Melusine tells the story of Raymondin of Poitiers who accidentally kills his uncle while out hunting, and fleeing deep into the forest, encounters a faery by a fountain. Falling deeply into a mutual soul-love, the faery Melusine agrees to help Raymondin and to become his wife, on condition that he makes no attempt to see her between dusk and dawn each Saturday. On this basis the house of Lusignan thrives and prospers, until a series of treacherous events tempt Raymondin to violate his promise and shatter the magic which holds his faery wife to the human world. First rendered into written form in a text by Jean d'Arras in 1393, the legend of the Faery Melusine is well established in France, where she is credited with having founded the family, town and castle of Lusignan. However, it is very little known in the English-speaking world, despite the fact that Melusine originally hailed from Scotland. This new retelling by Gareth Knight translated from Andre Lebey's 1920s novel Le Roman de la Melusine captures the freshness of Lebey's telling of the legend and brings the benefit of Knight's expertise both in French literature and in the esoteric faery tradition.


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