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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by J.R.R. Tolkien unabridged and read on cassette tape by Terry Jones. Produced by Harper Collins UK.
2.5 hours on 2 cassette tapes
It's Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won't begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court's wait to an end with an implausible challenge to the Round Table: he will allow any of the knights to strike him once, with a battle-axe no less, on the condition that he is allowed to return the blow a year hence. At the centre of the story of the challenge and its consequences is Arthur's brave favourite, Sir Gawain.
This 14th-century poem tells of love and sex, honour and integrity, chivalry and magic, and above all right and wrong.
J R R Tolkien's fluent translation conveys the magic of the original text and is brought to life by the atmospheric reading of medieval scholar and former member of Monty Python's Flying Circus Terry Jones.
TT Code - A120
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