The Fool of Venus: The Story of Peire Vidal

George Cronyn's work is a biography of Peire Vidal, a wandering troubadour who hailed from Provence. Per the jacket flap, Vidal was ". . .Knight of Song and greatest of the troubadours. . .It is also the story of the times in which he lived--the roaring, turbulent years of the Crusades, when Richard the Lion-Hearted was changing the map of Europe." With endpaper maps of Europe and the Mediterranean, showing the travels of Vidal and Richard the Lion-Hearted. --- In light grey cloth-covered boards with coat of arms in orange to cover, spine titling in orange and black and dark red topstain. Volume wrapped in unusual jacket with underlying white paper duplicate, and with color image of Peire Vidal and other medieval figures. --- With soiling to cloth and spotting to topstain. Jacket with good-sized open tear at head of spine, some light rippling due to exposure to dampness; wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [14], 11-438 pages

Product Info

Publisher: Covici-Friede, Publishers

Year: 1937

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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